Table 2 Measures at hospital referral (T0), three-month (T1) and twelve-month (T2) follow-up

Sociodemographic and medical variables

Demographics: for example, gender age, marital status

x

Medical history: for example, family history of coronary artery disease, diabetes mellitus, hypertension

x

Lifestyle and health behavior: smoking history, alcohol consumption, physical exercise, sleep quality

x

x

x

Prescribed medication before CCU referral

x

Medication administered during CCU stay

x

Medication at discharge from CCU

x

Context of hospital referral: for example, patient agitation state at arrival on CCU, hectic conditions on CCU at patient arrival

x

Clinical presentation at time of arrival at CCU: for example, total number of stents implanted, number of diseased coronary vessels, left ventricular function, Killip classification, pain onset

x

Psychometric data

Clinician-administered PTSD Scale (CAPS) [48, 49]

x

x

Posttraumatic Diagnostic Scale (PDS) [50, 51]

x

x

x

PTSD screening with three items from the structured clinical interview for DSM-PTSD [52, 53]

x

Acute Stress Disorder Scale (ASDS) [54, 55]

x

Illness Perception Questionnaire-Revised (IPQ-R) [56, 57]

x

Beck Depression Inventory (BDI) [58–60]

x

x

Type D Scale (DS14) [61, 62]

x

Toronto Alexithymia Scale (TAS-20) [63, 64]

x

Resilience Scale [65, 66]

x

x

EuroQol group five dimension questionnaire (EQ-5D) [67, 68]

x

x

x

Symptom Checklist-9 (SCL-9-K) [69, 70]

x

x

x

Enhancing Recovery in Coronary Heart Disease Social Support Inventory (ESSI) [71, 72]

x

x

Global Mood Scale (GMS) [73]

x

x

Coping Inventory for Stressful Situations (CISS) [74, 75]

x

Heart drawing [76, 77]

x

Laboratory Analysis

Metabolic factors: total cholesterol, LDL-C, HDL-C, triglycerides, glucose, HbA1c

Routine laboratory measures: alanine transaminase, creatinine, hemoglobin, hematocrit, leukocytes, thrombocytes

x

x

x

Inflammation markers: hs-CRP, IL-6, TNF-α, IL-4

x

x

x

Hemostasis markers: fibrinogen, D-dimer, VWF antigen

x

x

x

Stress hormones: plasma cortisol, norepinephrine, epinephrine

x

x

x

Heart rate variability: total power, high frequency power, low frequency power, low-to-high frequency power ratio

x

x

x

Resting hemodynamics: heart rate, systolic/diastolic blood pressure

x

x

x

Anthropometric measurements: body weight, height, body mass index; waist and hip circumferences, waist-to-hip ratio

x

x

x

Developments since discharge from CCU/three-month assessment

Vitality status

x

x

Hospital referrals since discharge (including recurrent cardiovascular events)

x

x

General practioner visits

x

x

Specialist visits

x

x

Cardiac rehabilitation

x

x

Psychotherapy since discharge

x

x

Recurrent cardiac symptoms

x

x

Medication adherence

x

x

Functional status

x

x

Treatment adherence with information booklet

x

x

Major life events

x

x

Onset of new diagnosis

x

x

Current medication

x

x