Key result
Patients with stable angina report significant emotional burden, frustration due to restricted lifestyle, and a need for more time to talk with doctors and receive reassurance.
Why the study?
Stable angina patients may suffer from emotional disorders impairing quality of life, but their emotional experience living with the condition and their pathway needs remain to be explored from their perspective.
Observational
Patients with chronic stable angina experience a persistent emotional burden and require ongoing emotional support and improved communication with healthcare providers.
Underscores unmet psychosocial needs in stable angina; hypothesis-generating and requires prospective validation before practice change.
AIMS: There is evidence that stable angina patients may suffer from emotional disorders that further impair their quality of life. However, the emotional experience of living with stable angina from the patient's perspective still has to be explored. Thus, the main aim of this study was to explore patients' emotional experience of having stable angina and their reported needs during the pathway from the first symptoms, through the process of diagnosis, to management and related lifestyle changes. METHODS: A survey was conducted in 75 chronic ischemic heart disease patients with angina (Brazil, China, Romania, Russia, and Turkey) using a 75-min, face-to-face in-depth interview. RESULTS AND CONCLUSION: Patients' responses highlighted the need to increase individuals' awareness on the first signs and symptoms of the disease. The survey also showed that chronic stable angina patients need constant emotional support to overcome stress, anxiety, and depression. Finally, this study suggests the need to offer greater space for dialogue with healthcare professionals to get more comprehensive and 'patient-friendly' information.
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Spoletini et al. (2020) conducted an observational in Stable angina. Stable angina diagnosis and lifestyle changes was evaluated on Patient experiences, emotional burden, and needs. Patients with stable angina report significant emotional burden, frustration due to restricted lifestyle, and a need for more time to talk with doctors and receive reassurance.