Depressive Status in Patients With Chronic Thromboembolic Pulmonary Hypertension

Sayaka Funabashi; Masaharu Kataoka; Takumi Inami; Toshiaki Kikuchi; Ryoji Yanagisawa; Chikako Ishiguro; Susumu Okamoto; Hideaki Yoshino; Koichiro Watanabe; Toru Satoh

doi:10.1253/circj.CJ-17-0197

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Depressive Status in Patients With Chronic Thromboembolic Pulmonary Hypertension

Sayaka Funabashi, Masaharu Kataoka, Takumi Inami, Toshiaki Kikuchi, Ryoji Yanagisawa, Chikako Ishiguro, Susumu Okamoto, Hideaki Yoshino, Koichiro Watanabe, Toru Satoh

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Sayaka Funabashi
Second Department of Internal Medicine, Kyorin University School of Medicine
Masaharu Kataoka
Department of Cardiology, Keio University School of Medicine
Takumi Inami
Second Department of Internal Medicine, Kyorin University School of Medicine
Toshiaki Kikuchi
Department of Neuropsychiatry, Kyorin University School of Medicine
Ryoji Yanagisawa
Second Department of Internal Medicine, Kyorin University School of Medicine
Chikako Ishiguro
Department of General Medicine, Kyorin University School of Medicine
Susumu Okamoto
Department of General Medicine, Kyorin University School of Medicine
Hideaki Yoshino
Second Department of Internal Medicine, Kyorin University School of Medicine
Koichiro Watanabe
Department of Neuropsychiatry, Kyorin University School of Medicine
Toru Satoh
Second Department of Internal Medicine, Kyorin University School of Medicine

Keywords: Chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension, Comparative study, Depressive status

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2017 Volume 81 Issue 7 Pages 1051-1053

DOI https://doi.org/10.1253/circj.CJ-17-0197

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Abstract

Background:The present comparative study with healthy volunteers was conducted to investigate the depressive status and temperament in patients with chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension (CTEPH).

Methods and Results:The results of the temperament and personality scale test, and the Quick Inventory of Depressive Symptomatology-Self Report revealed that CTEPH patients have a significantly higher depressive status than healthy volunteers.

Conclusions:It may be that CTEPH patients are more likely to have a depressive temperament in origin. It is expected that the relationship between the biological traits of CTEPH (e.g., genetics) and patients’ depressive temperament will be elucidated in the future.

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