Key result
Social support significantly declines across multiple domains over 6 years following PCI.
Why the study?
The study aimed to investigate perceived social support, associated factors, and sources of social support among post-percutaneous intervention patients over a long-term follow-up period.
Cohort (n=416)
Yes
Perceived social support among post-PCI patients is high during the acute phase but significantly declines over a 6-year period, highlighting the need for sustained, long-term support during secondary prevention.
Social support declines long-term after PCI; hypothesis-generating for interventions to sustain it in secondary prevention.
AIM: To investigate perceived social support and the associated factors as well as the sources of social support among post-percutaneous intervention patients over a long-term follow-up period. DESIGN: An explanatory and descriptive survey with a six-year follow-up (STROBE Statement: Supplementary file 1). METHODS: Baseline data (n = 416) were collected from Finnish patients in 2013, with follow-up data collected from the same study group in 2019 (n = 154). The research employed the Social Support of Patients with Coronary Heart Disease self-reported questionnaire. Data were analysed using descriptive statistics and multivariate methods. RESULTS: In the acute phase, higher informational support was associated with lower LDL cholesterol and female gender and higher emotional support with working status. In long-term follow-up period, physical activity, younger age, normal cholesterol levels and previous percutaneous coronary intervention predicted higher informational support, regular participation in follow-up sessions and relationship status predicted higher emotional support, and previous coronary artery bypass grafting, smoking, alcohol consumption, normal cholesterol and regular follow-ups predicted higher functional support. PATIENT OR PUBLIC CONTRIBUTION: No Patient or Public Contribution.
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Kähkönen et al. (2024) conducted a cohort in Coronary heart disease post-percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) (n=416). Long-term follow-up (6 years post-PCI) vs. Acute phase (4 months post-PCI) was evaluated on Mean informational social support score (p=<0.001). Perceived informational, emotional, and functional social support among post-PCI patients significantly declined over a 6-year follow-up period compared to the acute phase.
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