Copenhagen: Spouses of heart attack victims are the sufferers too, even if their partner survives a heart attack, according to Danish Researchers.
Partners are three times more likely to start using anti depressants after losing their spouse because of a heart attack, study further discovered.
Even if the partner survives a heart attack, the use of anti depressants still increased by 17% as compared to the last year's use.
Maureen Talbot, senior cardiac nurse at the British Heart Foundation, said: "A heart attack can impact the whole family, and this study emphasizes the importance of caring for the partners of heart attack sufferers.
"We know that people can feel free anxious or helpless when a loved one has a heart attack. it is essential they recieved the emotional and practical support they need during this often traumatic time."
Report Author Dr Emil Fosbol, from Duke University Medical Centre, Said, " This is a major public health issue for which there seems to be very little awareness among doctors and policy makers.
"The most important finding of this study is that the system needs to consider the care needs for the spouses too, not only when a patient dies from a [sudden heart attack], but also when the patient is just admitted to hospital [after a sudden heart attack] and survives."
the research also reveals that the level of depression and anxiety is much higher in the people whose spouses died due to a heart attack than any other disease. This is the first search of its own kind and it also suggest that men suffer more than women.
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Even if the partner survives a heart attack, the use of anti depressants still increased by 17% as compared to the last year's use.
Maureen Talbot, senior cardiac nurse at the British Heart Foundation, said: "A heart attack can impact the whole family, and this study emphasizes the importance of caring for the partners of heart attack sufferers.
"We know that people can feel free anxious or helpless when a loved one has a heart attack. it is essential they recieved the emotional and practical support they need during this often traumatic time."
Report Author Dr Emil Fosbol, from Duke University Medical Centre, Said, " This is a major public health issue for which there seems to be very little awareness among doctors and policy makers.
"The most important finding of this study is that the system needs to consider the care needs for the spouses too, not only when a patient dies from a [sudden heart attack], but also when the patient is just admitted to hospital [after a sudden heart attack] and survives."
the research also reveals that the level of depression and anxiety is much higher in the people whose spouses died due to a heart attack than any other disease. This is the first search of its own kind and it also suggest that men suffer more than women.
view source thenewstribe