Key result
Psychosocial factors, including lack of a stable partnership and high work load, significantly predicted a poor medical outcome, which occurred in 9% of men at 1 year following a first MI.
Why the study?
Do psychosocial factors predict poor medical outcome in men following a first myocardial infarction?
Cohort (n=222)
Do psychosocial factors predict poor medical outcome in men following a first myocardial infarction?
Psychosocial factors, including lack of a stable partnership and high work load, independently predict poor medical outcomes at 1 year in men following a first myocardial infarction.
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Psychosocial factors may aid post-MI risk stratification beyond medical data; leaves open whether targeted interventions improve outcomes.
Hoffmann et al. (1995) conducted a cohort in first myocardial infarction (n=222). Psychosocial factors was evaluated on Poor medical outcome (death, reinfarction, severe symptoms or poor exercise capacity). Psychosocial factors, including lack of a stable partnership and high work load, significantly predicted a poor medical outcome, which occurred in 9% of men at 1 year following a first MI.
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