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Research Article| Volume 20, ISSUE 5, P226-233, October 2006

Psychosocial Characteristics and Cardiovascular Risk in African Americans with Diabetes

  • Janice Collins-McNeil
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    Address reprint requests to Janice Collins Banks, PhD, APRN, BC, Duke University School of Nursing, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC 27710.
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      This descriptive study examined the ability of anxiety, depressive symptoms, and perceived social support to predict cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk in African American adults (N = 57) with type 2 diabetes but no prior history of CVD events. All completed a questionnaire packet during structured interviews. Participants had CVD risk profiles that indicated a greater than 20% probability of experiencing a CVD event in the next 2 to 10 years based on diabetes status alone. The variance (10%) in CVD risk accounted for by the variables examined was not statistically significant, suggesting that other variables may be better predictors of CVD risk.
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