Lifestyle Changes Following Acute Myocardial Infarction: Patients Perspectives

Abstract

The study highlights the need for the development of primary care services and cardiac rehabilitation programmes to support patients as well as providing information to families to reduce anxiety and fear.

Information from health care professionals about sexual function and coexistence after myocardial infarction: A Swedish national survey

“…The present study also revealed that partners rarely received oral or written information about sexual function and coexistence after an MI. It is important that the partners of MI patients become involved, as it would increase their understanding of the situation, reduce the risk of overprotection 22 , and make both themselves and the patient aware of the relatively small risk of sexual intercourse triggering another MI 23 . Counselling should therefore focus on encouraging patients to live a physically active life and not to abstain from sexual activity 6 .…”

The effectiveness and experience of self-management following acute coronary syndrome: A review of the literature

“…The participants in Kristofferzon et al's study (Kristofferzon et al, 2007) felt that the network was generally supportive but they often experienced communication problems when they interacted with their network. Overprotection by family members was also identified as a source of frustration and aggravation for participants (Condon and McCarthy, 2006). This suggested that participants valued the opportunity to self-manage their recovery.…”

“…The findings highlighted information needs and access to multimodal forms of education, discharge planning and planning for contingencies after hospital discharge and facilitating support resources as important areas for service improvement. Another study (Condon and McCarthy, 2006) found that the difficulties encountered by participants six weeks following hospital discharge were due to the implementation of too many life style changes at once as well as the lack of professional help in the community to support them to make lifestyle changes. In Gregory et al's study An unmet need for reliable information was identified by ten female survivors of first-time myocardial infarction in Australia .…”

“…Seven studies were conducted in Canada (Galdas et al, 2012a;Galdas et al, 2012b;Kerr and Fothergill-Bourbonnais, 2002;Sutherland and Jensen, 2000;Benson et al, 1997;Doiron-Maillet and Meagher-Stewart, 2003;Tobin, 2000), five in the UK (White et al, 2007;Hutton and Perkins, 2008;Webster et al, 2003;White et al, 2011;Gregory et al, 2006), five in Sweden (Hildingh et al, 2006;Kristofferzon et al, 2007;Alsen et al, 2008;SjÖstrÖm-Strand et al, 2011;Johansson et al, 2003), five in Australia (Everett et al, 2011;Davidson et al, 2011;Jackson et al, 2000;Worrall-Carter et al, 2005;Daly et al, 2000), each in USA (Coyle, 2009), Ireland (Condon and McCarthy, 2006) and Faroe Islands (Askham et al, 2010).…”

Cardiovascular disease: is it time to finally recognise it as a complex, chronic life-span illness?

“…In part, the labelling of such a risk factor as a disease potentially removes the person from the process as 'diseases' are objective classifications imposed by a health professional, thereby potentially dislocating the person from their broader social context 12 . In addition, the perceptions of patients needing to make lifestyle adaptations needs to be understood 13 . Prevention should therefore engage individuals, families and communities on a wholeof-lifespan basis, with context-specific strategies tailored to the presenting need.…”