OBJECTIVES: To compare the long-term psychologic well-being and psychologic distress, after a first acute myocardial infarction (AMI), of women with those of men and those of a normative community sample of women and to examine the relation of sociodemographic, medical, and psychologic variables to the long-term psychologic well-being and psychologic distress of women. DESIGN: Longitudinal study. SETTING: Eight medical centers in central Israel. PARTICIPANTS: Sixty-two women (age range, 30-65y) with documented first AMI. INTERVENTIONS: Sociodemographic, medical, and psychologic data were collected before hospital discharge (T1). Psychologic well-being and psychologic distress were assessed 5 years after AMI (T2) with the Mental Health Inventory. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: Hierarchical regression was used to examine the relations among the outcome variables, psychologic well-being, and psychologic distress at T2 and the predictors, sociodemographic, medical, and psychologic variables at T1. RESULTS: Women had less long-term psychologic well-being and more psychologic distress after AMI than did men or the normative sample of women. Depression and concomitant medical problems were related to women's psychologic well-being; depression alone was related to their long-term psychologic distress. CONCLUSIONS: Women with an AMI are more likely than men to have reduced psychologic well-being and increased psychologic distress. In addition, diminished mental health was related to medical and psychologic pathogenic factors.
OBJECTIVES: To compare the long-term psychologic well-being and psychologic distress, after a first acute myocardial infarction (AMI), of women with those of men and those of a normative community sample of women and to examine the relation of sociodemographic, medical, and psychologic variables to the long-term psychologic well-being and psychologic distress of women. DESIGN: Longitudinal study. SETTING: Eight medical centers in central Israel. PARTICIPANTS: Sixty-two women (age range, 30-65y) with documented first AMI. INTERVENTIONS: Sociodemographic, medical, and psychologic data were collected before hospital discharge (T1). Psychologic well-being and psychologic distress were assessed 5 years after AMI (T2) with the Mental Health Inventory. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: Hierarchical regression was used to examine the relations among the outcome variables, psychologic well-being, and psychologic distress at T2 and the predictors, sociodemographic, medical, and psychologic variables at T1. RESULTS:Women had less long-term psychologic well-being and more psychologic distress after AMI than did men or the normative sample of women. Depression and concomitant medical problems were related to women's psychologic well-being; depression alone was related to their long-term psychologic distress. CONCLUSIONS:Women with an AMI are more likely than men to have reduced psychologic well-being and increased psychologic distress. In addition, diminished mental health was related to medical and psychologic pathogenic factors.
Authors: Xiao Xu; Haikun Bao; Kelly M Strait; Donald E Edmondson; Karina W Davidson; John F Beltrame; Héctor Bueno; Haiqun Lin; Rachel P Dreyer; John E Brush; John A Spertus; Judith H Lichtman; Gail DʼOnofrio; Harlan M Krumholz Journal: Psychosom Med Date: 2017-01 Impact factor: 4.312
Authors: Tam Truong Donnelly; Jassim Mohd Al Suwaidi; Awad Al-Qahtani; Nidal Asaad; Najlaa Abdul Qader; Rajvir Singh; Tak Shing Fung; Irem Mueed; Shima Sharara; Noha El Banna; Sarah Omar Journal: J Immigr Minor Health Date: 2015-08