Heart ischemia and psychosomatics: the role of stressful events and lifestyles

Submitted: January 20, 2016
Accepted: January 20, 2016
Published: January 20, 2016
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Objective: the aim of our study was to evaluate the role of stressful events, lifestyles and various socio-environmental factors in the beginning of ischemic cardiac diseases, together with cardiovascular factors. Materials and methods: 64 patients with recent cardiac ischemia and 64 controls matched 1:1, according to their sex and age, have been evaluated. The study required the filling in of clinico-anamnestic reports and the evaluation of stressful events, using the Holmes Rahe scale. Results: in the 44% of the patients who had a heart ischemia, an emotional striking event occurred few days before, with a 28% incidence of work and family problems. The mean score of the Holmes Rahe Social Readjustment Rating Scale was statistically significantly higher among cases (p<0,05). The percentage of the subjects who experienced a stressful event during the last year was significantly higher among those with an ischemic event even though the heart disease factors were similar in the 2 groups of cases and controls. Conclusions: although the known heart risk factors predispose to ischemic event, our results suggest that stressful and emotional factors play a fundamental role in increasing the risk.

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Guarneri, Maurizio Giuseppe, Laura Nastri, Pasquale Assennato, Angela Li Puma, Arianna Landi, Barbara Bonanno, Giovan Battista Maggì, Giuseppe Annino, Filippa Bono, and Daniele La Barbera. 2016. “Heart Ischemia and Psychosomatics: The Role of Stressful Events and Lifestyles”. Monaldi Archives for Chest Disease 72 (2). https://doi.org/10.4081/monaldi.2009.332.

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