Wives' responses to counselling early after myocardial infarction

David, R. Thompson; Ray Meddis

doi:10.1016/0022-3999(90)90081-E

Wives' responses to counselling early after myocardial infarction

David, R. Thompson , Ray Meddis

School of Nursing and Midwifery

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Abstract

Self-ratings of anxiety and depression were studied over six months in 60 wives of first time myocardial infarction patients. Couples were randomly assigned to either a treatment group, where they received a simple programme of education and psychological support in addition to routine care, or to a control group, where they received routine care only. All wives completed the Hospital Anxiety and Depression scale and a battery of visual analogue scales measuring anxiety on a range of topics related to recovery from a heart attack. Wives in the treatment group reported statistically significantly less anxiety than controls. This effect was sustained for six months after the counselling. It is concluded that a simple programme of in hospital counselling is efficacious and should be routinely offered to the wives of coronary patients.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	249-258
Number of pages	10
Journal	Journal of Psychosomatic Research
Volume	34
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/0022-3999(90)90081-E
Publication status	Published - 01 Jan 1990

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Biological Psychiatry
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