A study on quality of life in patients following myocardial infarction.
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2012-01
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Subjective well being has been widely researched in the past
few decades and in practical terms it is a term that encompasses the
various ways people evaluate their lives including concepts such as life
satisfaction, work and health etc. Since, it is well known, that psychological
factors including stress, anxiety, poor sleeping habits etc are known to be
important causes of life style disorders like myocardial infraction, we started
with the hypothesis that subjective well being of post acute MI patients
must be poorer compared to normal subjects in the same age group. A
comparative study between normal subjects and post acute myocardial
infarction patients was undertaken to compare their subjective well being
and current mental health status, at Safdarjung Hospital, New Delhi using
standardized questionnaires. The results showed significantly higher
negative affect like inadequate mental mastery over immediate environment,
perceived ill health including disturbed sleep, deficiency in social contacts,
and a general ill being about life in the MI group (P<0.05). Regarding the
positive emotions, the normal subjects showed a higher general well being
positive affect, higher transcedence and higher perception of social support.
(P<0.05).
The GHQ also yielded significantly better sleeping habits, less anxiety,
better perception of health and more satisfaction with life in the normal
subjects compared to post acute MI patients. (P<0.05).
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subjective well being, negative affect, positive affect, transcendence, happiness index, general health questionnaire
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Gupta Supriya, Das Shobha, Sahewalla Rini, Gupta Dhruv, Gupta Ipshita, Prakash Ratna, Bansal Sandeep, Rastogi Rajeev. A study on quality of life in patients following myocardial infarction. Indian Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology. 2012 Jan-Mar; 56(1): 28-35.