Depression and risk of coronary heart disease: A prospective study of mediating haemostatic risk factors

Funding Activity

Website
http://purl.org/au-research/grants/nhmrc/153716

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Growing evidence suggests that depression, anger and anxiety play a role in causing coronary heart disease (CHD) and complicating the outcome in existing CHD. This may occur by effects of these emotions on promoting blood clotting and the stickiness of platelets - the blood cells responsible for blood clotting. This pilot study will follow a group of people with depression but without CHD and a control group over 8 months to compare how the blood clotting profile changes as depression resolves. The potential benefits of this research are a better understanding of the links between the common illnesses of depression and CHD that might improve the prevention and treatment of heart disease.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-01-2001

End Date: 01-01-2003

Funding Scheme: NHMRC Project Grants

Funding Amount: $327,625.00

Funder: National Health and Medical Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Psychiatry

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

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Other Keywords

Biological correlates of depresion | Coronary Heart Disease | Depression | Haemostatic effects of mood | Haemostatic risk factors of coronary heart disease | Prevention of coronary heart disease | Psychosocial risk factors for coronary heart disease | Psychosomatics | Risk factors for coronary heart disease

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