Cardiac Anxiety in Adults with Cardiovascular Disease: Prevalence, Predictors, and Implications for Cardiac Rehabilitation - A Systematic Review.
BACKGROUND Heart-focused anxiety (HFA) is a disease-specific construct characterised by fear of cardiac sensations, attentional hypervigilance, and behavioural avoidance of exertion. It is conceptually related to, but empirically separable from, generalized anxiety, but is rarely screened for in cardiac rehabilitation...