Predictors and Prognostic Impact of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder After the Great East Japan Earthquake in Patients With Cardiovascular Disease – Report From the CHART-2 Study –

Takeo Onose; Kotaro Nochioka; Yasuhiko Sakata; Masanobu Miura; Soichiro Tadaki; Ryoichi Ushigome; Takeshi Yamauchi; Kenjiro Sato; Kanako Tsuji; Ruri Abe; Satoshi Miyata; Jun Takahashi; Hiroaki Shimokawa; on behalf of the CHART-2 Investigators

doi:10.1253/circj.CJ-14-1403

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Predictors and Prognostic Impact of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder After the Great East Japan Earthquake in Patients With Cardiovascular Disease

– Report From the CHART-2 Study –

Takeo Onose, Kotaro Nochioka, Yasuhiko Sakata, Masanobu Miura, Soichiro Tadaki, Ryoichi Ushigome, Takeshi Yamauchi, Kenjiro Sato, Kanako Tsuji, Ruri Abe, Satoshi Miyata, Jun Takahashi, Hiroaki Shimokawa, on behalf of the CHART-2 Investigators

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Takeo Onose
Departments of Cardiovascular Medicine and Evidence-based Cardiovascular Medicine, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine
Kotaro Nochioka
Departments of Cardiovascular Medicine and Evidence-based Cardiovascular Medicine, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine
Yasuhiko Sakata
Departments of Cardiovascular Medicine and Evidence-based Cardiovascular Medicine, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine
Masanobu Miura
Departments of Cardiovascular Medicine and Evidence-based Cardiovascular Medicine, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine
Soichiro Tadaki
Departments of Cardiovascular Medicine and Evidence-based Cardiovascular Medicine, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine
Ryoichi Ushigome
Departments of Cardiovascular Medicine and Evidence-based Cardiovascular Medicine, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine
Takeshi Yamauchi
Departments of Cardiovascular Medicine and Evidence-based Cardiovascular Medicine, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine
Kenjiro Sato
Departments of Cardiovascular Medicine and Evidence-based Cardiovascular Medicine, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine
Kanako Tsuji
Departments of Cardiovascular Medicine and Evidence-based Cardiovascular Medicine, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine
Ruri Abe
Departments of Cardiovascular Medicine and Evidence-based Cardiovascular Medicine, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine
Satoshi Miyata
Departments of Cardiovascular Medicine and Evidence-based Cardiovascular Medicine, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine
Jun Takahashi
Departments of Cardiovascular Medicine and Evidence-based Cardiovascular Medicine, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine
Hiroaki Shimokawa
Departments of Cardiovascular Medicine and Evidence-based Cardiovascular Medicine, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine
on behalf of the CHART-2 Investigators

Keywords: Cardiovascular disease, Great East Japan Earthquake, Post-traumatic stress disorder

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2015 Volume 79 Issue 3 Pages 664-667

DOI https://doi.org/10.1253/circj.CJ-14-1403

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Abstract

Background:We examined the prevalence, predictors and prognostic impact of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) after the Great East Japan Earthquake in patients with cardiovascular disease (CVD) in the CHART-2 study.Methods and Results:The prevalence of PTSD was 14.7% at 6 months after the Earthquake. Female sex, experiencing the Tsunami, property loss, poverty, and insomnia medication use were associated with PTSD. The patients with PTSD more frequently experienced a composite of death, acute myocardial infarction, stroke and heart failure (18.5% vs. 15.0%, P=0.035).Conclusions:PTSD was frequent in CVD patients after the Earthquake and had an adverse prognostic impact. (Circ J 2015; 79: 664–667)

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