Authors
- Antonija Golić – Clinical Hospital Center Rijeka, Clinic of Internal Medicine
- Ivana Ljubičić Bistrović – Clinical Hospital Center Rijeka, Clinic of Psychiatry
- Fadil Habibović – Clinical Hospital Center Rijeka, Clinic of Psychiatry
Article type:
Original Scientific Paper
Abstract:
Anxiety involves various forms of disorder that almost all human beings face, and is an integral part of their development and community action. Anxiety is an increasingly common disorder present among the population, it also affects younger people and is considered to be more likely to be manifested in women. Anxiety is one of the most common diagnoses of an ever-growing younger or middle-aged population. Relationship with cardiovascular disorders is quite pronounced as it relates to the presence of possible chronic illnesses, as well as length of stay in a healthcare institution and the frequency of hospitalization which certainly constitute risk factors affecting anxiety growth and adversely affecting treatment outcome, recovery rate and general health condition of the patient. The aim of the study was to evaluate and demonstrate anxiety degree in patients with cardiovascular diseases and determine anxiety degree in patients hospitalized for the first time and those hospitalized more than three times. The study was conducted using a questionnaire used to quickly determine and assess the degree of generalized anxiety disorder GAP-7. The study was conducted on a total of 80 subjects, 40 women and 40 men at the Department of Ischemic Heart Disease. The results obtained in relation to the subjective claims of the respondents showed that out of the total number of respondents, the vast majority of respondents, 29 (36.2%), had moderately symptomatic symptoms of anxiety disorder, while 19 (23.8%) patients exhibited a serious level of anxiety symptoms at the same time, a great indicator of anxiety among the respondents, with 26% of the respondents suffering from mental illness. It should be noted that a statistically significant positive correlation between the number of hospitalizations and the level of anxiety symptoms (r = 2.46; p <0.01) has been established; patients who are hospitalized more often manifest a higher level of anxiety symp
Keywords:
Generalized anxiety disorder, anxiety, cardiovascular disease