Key result
Emotion-focused coping linked to improved post-MI affect balance over six months.
Why the study?
Do coping strategies mediate changes in emotional well-being in male patients after their first myocardial infarction?
Population
121 male patients (age 52.26 ± 7.08 years) after their first MI
Comparison
Coping strategies (problem-, emotion-, and avoidance-focused) assessed over time
Follow-up
6 months
Authors
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Emotion-focused coping may aid post-MI emotional recovery but should not yet change practice; leaves open causal effects for randomized trials.
Observational (n=121)
No
Do coping strategies mediate changes in emotional well-being in male patients after their first myocardial infarction?
p-value: p=<0.001
Emotion-focused coping strategies mediate the improvement in emotional well-being over the first 6 months following a first myocardial infarction.
Aleksandra Kroemeke (2016) conducted an observational in Myocardial infarction (n=121). Time post-myocardial infarction and coping strategies was evaluated on Change in affect balance (ratio of positive to negative affect) over 6 months (p=<0.001). Affect balance significantly improved from a predominance of negativity a few days post-myocardial infarction to a more positive state 1 and 6 months later, with changes partially mediated by emotion-focused coping.
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