Milani, who is also with Ochsner, showed in a series of 522 consecutive patients enrolled in cardiac rehab that the prevalence of depression, as defined by a score greater than 6 on the well-validated
Kellner Symptom Questionnaire, dropped from 17% at baseline to 6% upon completing the program.
Young-Xu, of the Lown Cardiovascular Research Foundation, Brookline, Mass., reported on 516 patients with CAD in an outpatient cardiology clinic whose anxiety level was assessed annually by means of the 92-question self-administered
Kellner Symptom Questionnaire. On the basis of their scores, participants were categorized at baseline as having a low, intermediate, or high anxiety level.