Key result
Post-MI depressive symptoms correlate with more immature and fewer mature defense mechanisms.
Why the study?
Although patients with a history of myocardial infarction exhibit individual differences, several psychological problems can occur, motivating investigation into the correlation between defence mechanisms and clinical and sociodemographic variables in the early period.
Cross-Sectional (n=60)
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In patients with a recent myocardial infarction, the use of immature defense mechanisms is associated with higher depression scores, while mature defense mechanisms correlate with lower depression and anxiety.
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May inform psychological assessment post-MI; hypothesis-generating for defense mechanism-targeted interventions.
Introduction Although patients with myocardial infarction (MI) history exhibit individual differences, several psychological problems can be observed in these patients. The present study aimed to investigate the correlation between defence mechanisms and other clinical and sociodemographic data in the early period in patients with MI history. Material and methods Sixty patients diagnosed with MI and hospitalized in the cardiology department were included in the study. The Beck Depression Inventory (BDI), Beck Anxiety Inventory (BAI), and Defence Styles Questionnaire (DSQ) were applied. Results It was determined that the mean BDI score of the participants was 15.9 ±11.2, and the mean BAI score was 15.98 ±10.9. There was a positive correlation between the depression and immature defence mechanism scores of the patients, and there was a negative correlation between the depression and mature defence mechanism scores of the patients (p = 0.001, r = 0.412; p = 0.005, r = –0.359). A negative correlation was determined between anxiety scores and mature defence mechanism scores (p = 0.002, r = –0. 397). Conclusions The findings demonstrated that depressive complaints of the post-MI patients increased as the immature defence mechanism score increased, and depressive complaints decreased as the maturity defence mechanism score increased. The correlation between the defence mechanisms adopted by MI patients and depression and anxiety symptoms should not be neglected.
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Korkmaz et al. (2022) conducted a cross-sectional in Myocardial infarction (n=60). Defense mechanisms was evaluated on Correlation between depression (BDI) and immature defense mechanism scores (r = 0.412, p=0.001). In post-myocardial infarction patients, depressive symptoms were positively correlated with immature defense mechanisms (r = 0.412) and negatively correlated with mature defense mechanisms (r = -0.359).
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