The structure of readjustment after heart attack

Role of Spousal Anxiety and Depression in Patientsʼ Psychosocial Recovery After a Cardiac Event

“…Cardiac patients who live alone or lack a source of emotional support have a substantially higher risk of recurrent myocardial infarction, sudden cardiac death, and all-cause mortality than those with adequate sources of support (27,28). Social support from spouses is associated with faster postoperative recovery, less psychological distress, fewer and less severe cardiac symptoms, decreased fear of recurrent cardiac problems, increased adherence, and easier return to prior levels of social and recreational functioning among AMI and coronary artery bypass graft patients (9,14,(31)(32)(33)(34)(35). However, there is also a negative side to social relationships.…”

Anxiety, Depression, Quality of Life, and Self-Care Among Survivors of Myocardial Infarction

“…Older adults and women have been excluded from most of this research (Ben-Sira & Eliezer, 1990;Johnson & Morse, 1990;Maeland & Havik, 1989;Taylor, Houston-Miller, Ahn, Haskell, & DeBusk, 1986). Some early evidence has indicated that women may be more susceptible to mood disturbance post-MI (Guiry et al, 1987;Sykes, Evans, Boyle, McIlmoyle, & Salathia, 1989).…”

Working with family carers: towards a partnership approach

“…The importance of family support is widely recognized in the rehabilitation literature [11][12][13] and involving carers has been actively promoted for some time in a range of disparate conditions such as multiple sclerosis, [14][15][16][17][18] spinal injury, [19][20][21] myocardial infarction [22][23][24] and stroke. [25][26][27][28] Notwithstanding such enthusiastic endorsements, it appears that families are rarely as fully involved in the rehabilitative process as they might be, and indeed are often marginalized.…”