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Aspects of life stress after myocardial infarction: implications for a multifactorial rehabilitation

Gothenburg College of Health and Caring Sciences

Bengt Fridlund

Halland University College of Caring Science, Halmstad/Varberg, Sweden and University of Kuopio, Finland

Some baseline data for a multifactorial rehabilitation model with a caring intention after myocardial infarction (MI) are presented and discussed. The subjects consisted of 86 consecutive M I sufferers, none of whom was older than 65 years of age, in a medium-sized health care district in Sweden. Fifty-three MI sufferers who fulfilled certain criteria were sent a questionnaire one and two years after MI about their subjective need for social support related to MI in their present life. An overall need for social support was expressed by 74% (n = 42) one and 44% (n = 41) two years after MI. Long-lasting biopsychosocial complaints were reported from 62% and 80% of the patients one and two years after MI. The results suggest a shift in biopsychosocial complaints, indicating a resignation in parallel with a decreasing coping capacity.

Clinical Rehabilitation, Vol. 5, No. 1, 71-76 (1991)
DOI: 10.1177/026921559100500111


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