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Table 2 General anxiety, depression (HADS), physical health (PCS), and heart-focused anxiety (CAQ-avoidance, -attention and -fear) scores of individuals with familial Long QT syndrome (LQTS) as compared to individuals with familial Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM).

From: General anxiety, depression, and physical health in relation to symptoms of heart-focused anxiety-a cross sectional study among patients living with the risk of serious arrhythmias and sudden cardiac death

Patient-reported outcomes

 

Familial LQTS

n

Familial HCM

n

p-value

HADS-

Total sample

5.0 (4.1)

87

4.7 (3.8)

38

0.74

Anxiety (0-21)

   At genetic risk

5.1 (3.9)

75

4.0 (3.5)

18

0.29

 

   With clinical diagnosis

4.3 (5.2)

12

5.3 (4.1)

20

0.54

HADS-

Total sample

3.0 (4.0)

87

3.3 (2.9)

38

0.65

Depression (0-21)

   At genetic risk

3.1 (3.9)

75

2.8 (3.1)

18

0.76

 

   With clinical diagnosis

2.6 (4.8)

12

3.9 (2.9)

20

0.35

SF36-

Total sample

52.0 (7.1)

84

47.1 (10.5)

36

0.01

Physical health

   At genetic risk

52.2 (7.1)

72

52.8 (7.6)

17

0.75

Summary (0-100)

   With clinical diagnosis

51.0 (8.6)

12

42.1 (10.2)

19

0.02

CAQ-

Total sample

0.7 (0.7)

87

1.4 (0.9)

38

<0.01

Avoidance (0-4)

   At genetic risk

0.8 (0.7)

75

1.1 (0.7)

18

0.06

 

   With clinical diagnosis

0.6 (0.4)

12

1.7 (1.0)

20

<0.01

CAQ-

Total sample

0.6 (0.6)

88

1.1 (0.8)

38

0.01

Attention (0-4)

   At genetic risk

0.6 (0.5)

76

0.8 (0.7)

18

0.11

 

   With clinical diagnosis

0.8 (0.9)

12

1.3 (0.8)

20

0.13

CAQ-

Total sample

1.0 (0.8)

87

1.5 (0.7)

38

<0.01

Fear (0-4)

   At genetic risk

1.0 (0.7)

75

1.4 (0.7)

18

0.05

 

   With clinical diagnosis

1.3 (1.0)

12

1.7 (0.8)

20

0.34

  1. HADS: Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale; PCS: SF-36 Physical Component Summary; HADS, and Cardiac Anxiety Questionnaire; CAQ are presented as mean (standard deviation) and number of participants