Regular exercise behaviour and intention and symptoms of anxiety and depression in coronary heart disease patients across Europe: Results from the EUROASPIRE III survey

Conclusions
Lower frequency of regular exercise and decreased likelihood of exercise intention were observed in CHD patients with severe depressive symptoms. Severe symptoms of depression may preclude CHD patients from performing regular exercise.

Source: European Journal of Preventive Cardiology - December 7, 2016 Category: Cardiology Authors: Prugger, C., Wellmann, J., Heidrich, J., De Bacquer, D., De Smedt, D., De Backer, G., Reiner, Z., Empana, J.-P., Fras, Z., Gaita, D., Jennings, C., Kotseva, K., Wood, D., Keil, U., On behalf of the EUROASPIRE Study Group Tags: Original scientific paper Source Type: research