Posadas EJ, Rojas MC

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ABSTRACT

Objective: To study the relationship between mental disorders and the course of the Acute Coronary Syndrome.
Method: The Structured Clinical Interview for Axis 1 of the DSM-IV (SCID-1) and the TIMI Scale were administered to 109 in-patients. Psychiatric diagnoses were specified according to gender. Cardiovascular risk was assessed with the TIMI scale to construct two groups according to SCID-1: patients either with mental disorders or without them.
Results: 26% of the population met diagnostic criteria for mental disorder. The coronary attack was more frequent in males and the severity of it was worse in females. TIMI risk was mild to moderate in men (71.4%) and moderate to severe (78.1%) in women. This reveals an 11.48 Chi² with a P value = ‹ 0.05
Conclusions: The gender-different prevalence of mental disorders as well as type of cardiac sequel of the ACS is similar to the data that’s been reported by WHO.