| Gender differences in cardiac patients: a longitudinal investigation of exercise, autonomic anxiety, negative affect and depression. | |
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PMID: 19444715 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
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Female cardiac patients frequently experience greater anxiety and depression and engage in less exercise when compared with their male counterparts. This study considered whether exercise had similar effects on male and female cardiac patients' autonomic anxiety, negative affect and depression, and whether exercise behavior explained the gender difference in their affective functioning (e.g. autonomic anxiety, negative affect and depression). Eight hundred one participants completed the Hospital and Anxiety Depression Scale (HADS) and the leisure score index (LSI) of the Godin Leisure-Time Exercise Questionnaire at baseline, 6 months, 12 months, and 24 months. Female cardiac patients had greater autonomic anxiety, negative affect and depression and reduced exercise when compared with male cardiac patients at all time points. Although exercise was significantly related to affective outcomes at various time points for both men and women, gender did not moderate any of the exercise/affective relationships, and exercise did not mediate any of the gender/affective relationships. Further research is needed to clarify the complex relationships between gender, exercise, and the affective functioning of cardiac patients. |
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Authors:
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Tiffany Hunt-Shanks; Christopher Blanchard; Robert D Reid |
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Type: Journal Article |
Journal Detail:
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Title: Psychology, health & medicine Volume: 14 ISSN: 1465-3966 ISO Abbreviation: Psychol Health Med Publication Date: 2009 May |
Date Detail:
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Created Date: 2009-05-15 Completed Date: 2009-08-25 Revised Date: - |
Medline Journal Info:
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Nlm Unique ID: 9604099 Medline TA: Psychol Health Med Country: England |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 375-85 Citation Subset: IM |
Affiliation:
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Department of Psychology, Brock University, St Catherines, Ontario, Canada. thunt@brocku.ca |
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Aged Anxiety* / epidemiology Cardiovascular Diseases / psychology* Depression* / epidemiology Exercise* Female Humans Male Middle Aged Ontario / epidemiology Patients / psychology* Questionnaires Sex Factors |
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