Key result
Perceived partner support at 4 months was positively associated with concurrent post-traumatic stress symptoms, which in turn predicted symptom levels at 8 months post-discharge.
Why the study?
Cardiac disease induced post-traumatic stress symptoms negatively affect mental and physical health, making the identification of risk factors and buffers necessary to understand their development.
Does perceived partner support influence the development and stabilization of post-traumatic stress symptoms in male patients after an acute cardiac event?
Cohort (n=106)
Does perceived partner support influence the development and stabilization of post-traumatic stress symptoms in male patients after an acute cardiac event?
Perceived partner support after an acute cardiac event is positively associated with post-traumatic stress symptoms, suggesting a different dynamic than in non-traumatic illness contexts.
Patients’ perceptions of partner support may shape CDI-PTSS trajectories; leaves open whether targeted dyadic interventions improve outcomes.
Objective Cardiac disease induced post-traumatic stress symptoms (CDI-PTSS) have been associated with negative consequences for patients’ mental and physical health. Identifying risk factors as well as potential buffers is necessary for understanding the development and maintenance of CDI-PTSS. The current study focused on the mediating and moderating role played by patients’ perceptions of their partners’ ways of providing support (active engagement, overprotection, and protective buffering) in the development and stabilization of CDI-PTSS levels over time. Method Male patients ( N = 106) were recruited at hospitalization (T 1 ) and completed the study’s questionnaires at two time points: approximately four months after hospital discharge (T 2 ) and approximately eight months after discharge (T 3 ). Results Structual equation modeling was used to test the study hypotheses. All three forms of T 2 perceived partner support were positively associated with T 2 CDI-PTSS levels which, in turn, were positively associated with T 3 CDI-PTSS levels. The linear association between T 2 and T 3 CDI-PTSS was positive but decreased as perceived partner protective buffering levels increased. Conclusions In the context of CDI-PTSS, perceived partner support seems to have a different effect than it has in non-traumatic illness contexts. Interventions for couples coping with CDI-PTSS should be designed accordingly.
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George‐Levi et al. (2022) conducted a cohort in Acute cardiac event (n=106). Perceived partner support was evaluated on Cardiac disease induced post-traumatic stress symptoms (CDI-PTSS) levels. Perceived partner support at 4 months was positively associated with concurrent post-traumatic stress symptoms, which in turn predicted symptom levels at 8 months post-discharge.
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