Variables | T0 | T1 | T2 |
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Sociodemographic and medical variables | Â | Â | Â |
Demographics: for example, gender age, marital status | x | Â | Â |
Medical history: for example, family history of coronary artery disease, diabetes mellitus, hypertension | x | Â | Â |
Lifestyle and health behavior: smoking history, alcohol consumption, physical exercise, sleep quality | x | x | x |
Prescribed medication before CCU referral | x | Â | Â |
Medication administered during CCU stay | x | Â | Â |
Medication at discharge from CCU | x | Â | Â |
Context of hospital referral: for example, patient agitation state at arrival on CCU, hectic conditions on CCU at patient arrival | x | Â | Â |
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 | Â | Â |
Psychometric data | Â | Â | Â |
 | x | x | |
x | x | x | |
PTSD screening with three items from the structured clinical interview for DSM-PTSD [52, 53] | x | Â | Â |
x | Â | Â | |
x | Â | Â | |
 | x | x | |
 | x |  | |
 | x |  | |
x | x | Â | |
x | x | x | |
x | x | x | |
Enhancing Recovery in Coronary Heart Disease Social Support Inventory (ESSI) [71, 72] | x | x | Â |
Global Mood Scale (GMS) [73] | Â | x | x |
 | x |  | |
x | Â | Â | |
Laboratory Analysis | Â | Â | Â |
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 | Â | Â | Â |
Vitality status | Â | x | x |
Hospital referrals since discharge (including recurrent cardiovascular events) | Â | x | x |
General practioner visits | Â | x | x |
Specialist visits | Â | x | x |
Cardiac rehabilitation | Â | x | x |
Psychotherapy since discharge | Â | x | x |
Recurrent cardiac symptoms | Â | x | x |
Medication adherence | Â | x | x |
Functional status | Â | x | x |
Treatment adherence with information booklet | Â | x | x |
Major life events | Â | x | x |
Onset of new diagnosis | Â | x | x |
Current medication | Â | x | x |