Table 4

Multivariate effects of severity and duration of post-MI depression on health status at 12 months after MI controlled for age, sex, cardiac condition, pre-MI depression, and health status at 3 months

Outcomes at 12 months:	Predictors
Outcomes at 12 months:	Health status at 3 months	Age at MI	Female sex	History of MI	Killip class	LVEF	Pre-MI depression	Severity of symptoms	Duration of episode	Depression treatment
*Unstandardised adjusted β weight (95% CI) in multivariate linear regression analysis; †adjusted odds ratio (95% CI) in multivariate logistic regression analysis.
Health related QoL
Physical functioning*	0.67 (0.49 to 0.85)	NS	NS	NS	NS	NS	NS	−6.99 (−12–10 to −1.89)	NS	NS
Social functioning*	0.35 (0.15 to 0.55)	NS	NS	NS	NS	NS	NS	−10.83 (16.26 to −5.40)	NS	NS
Role limitations-physical*	0.43 (0.22 to 0.64)	NS	NS	NS	NS	NS	NS	−10.36 (20.40 to −0.32)	NS	NS
Role limitations-emotional*	0.27 (0.07 to 0.46)	NS	NS	NS	NS	NS	NS	−16.56 (−27.58 to −5.55)	NS	NS
General health*	0.65 (0.49 to 0.82)	NS	NS	−8.91 (−17.57 to −0.26)	NS	NS	NS	NS	NS	NS
Pain*	0.43 (0.25 to 0.61)	NS	NS	NS	NS	NS	NS	−6.36 (−11.01 to −1.71)	NS	NS
Cardiac related complaints
Somatic complaints*	0.64 (0.46 to 0.81)	NS	NS	NS	NS	NS	NS	3.10 (1.46 to 4.74)	NS	NS
Palpitations†	7.62 (2.12 to 7.50)	NS	NS	NS	NS	NS	NS	3.75 (1.37 to 10.27)	NS	NS
Angina†	17.12 (3.62 to 80.88)	NS	NS	NS	NS	NS	11.04 (2.57 to 47.43)	NS	2.65 (1.04 to 6.75)	NS
Dyspnoea†	4.32 (1.43 to 13.07)	NS	NS	NS	NS	NS	NS	NS	NS	NS
Fatigue†	–	NS	NS	NS	NS	NS	NS	NS	NS	NS
Disability
Complete disability†	–	NS	NS	NS	NS	NS	NS	NS	NS	NS
Partial disability†	3.17 (1.11 to 9.04)	NS	NS	NS	NS	6.48 (1.71 to 24.54)	NS	1.99 (1.02 to 3.89)	NS	NS