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Does routine hospital support adequately inform and reduce stress in wives of first myocardial infarction patients?
Does routine hospital support adequately inform and reduce stress in wives of first myocardial infarction patients?
Wives of MI patients experience significant stress and feel inadequately informed post-discharge, suggesting a need for targeted, systematic nursing interventions.
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May leave wives of MI patients stressed and uninformed despite routine care; hypothesis-generating for targeted interventions.
Seventy-six wives of patients suffering a first myocardial infarction were studied by questionnaire 6 weeks after their husbands went home. Despite the routine provision of support and information to spouses during their husband's stay in hospital, a high proportion reported physical and emotional symptoms of stress. The majority of wives felt they were poorly informed about myocardial infarction, had not had enough opportunity to ask the experts questions, and had received most support from relatives. The reasons for these findings are discussed and suggestions for early and systematic nursing intervention are made in an attempt to reduce stress and prevent the development of unhealthy patterns of behaviour.
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Thompson et al. (1988) studied this question.
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