APS
2025 APS Annual Convention · 2025
Sitting in Fear: The Association of Posttraumatic Stress Symptoms and Sedentary Time in Cardiac Arrest Recovery
- Jeffrey Birk
Center for Behavioral Cardiovascular Health, Columbia University Irving Medical Center - Chang Xu
Center for Behavioral Cardiovascular Health, Columbia University Irving Medical Center - Keith Diaz
Center for Behavioral Cardiovascular Health, Columbia University Irving Medical Center - Jacqueline Nacipucha
Columbia University Irving Medical Center - Danielle Rojas
Columbia University Irving Medical Center - Camila Isabel Domínguez-Imbert Nieto
Center for Behavioral Cardiovascular Health, Columbia University Irving Medical Center - Guixiao Ding
Center for Behavioral Cardiovascular Health, Columbia University Irving Medical Center - Maia ten Brink
Columbia University Irving Medical Center - Gaspar Cruz
Center for Behavioral Cardiovascular Health, Columbia University Irving Medical Center - Sachin Agarwal
Columbia University Irving Medical Center
Abstract
Elevated psychological distress is common in the initial weeks after cardiac arrest. We found that patients with more severe posttraumatic stress symptoms at hospital discharge spent more time being sedentary in the first week post-discharge, which has implications for psychological interventions that may improve physical recovery post-arrest.
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