Men’s Positive and Negative Experiences Following Acute Myocardial Infarction
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
3. Results
3.1. Participants
3.2. Reasons “Why” of the Myocardial Infarction Sufferers
“A month before, I walked out of work, I couldn’t stand it there any more, I just couldn’t, I sat down, I knelt, as if I was out of it, I lay on my back. Then I blamed it on stress and it never occurred to me that it might have been a heart attack ….”(D13)
“Everything is coming out now, I’ve worked a lot, I’ve had to work in the fields and the suchlike since I was 11, I’ve worked so much my whole life, so very, very much”(D3)
“My life in general was really crazy, I mean, I’ve always liked partying although I don’t think I partied to excess and I’ve always liked know going out and disappearing for two or three days, and making the party last all weekend”(D2)
“I smoked since I was 12 or 13 until last year”. “I ate a lot of salt, a lot of fat. I never cared”(D12)
“When I was in the ICU I cried a lot because I was afraid that I was already dead”(D4)
“I knew someone who had a heart attack and it’s like I say sometimes, (…) it’s precisely those who have had a heart attack that die from one”(D5)
3.3. Reasons “For” of the Myocardial Infarction Sufferers
“When I got home, I was afraid and we’ve been back to the hospital twice”(D14)
“Before myocardial infarction, I had decided to change my 100 m2 home to 150 m2, or change my car, after, I thought about it. I said to myself that I am all running around for a better life, if I am to be bed-ridden, does it really make any difference if my home is 100 or 150 m2 or if my car is a Peugeot or Elegance Mercedes”(D12)
“I was given that information in the corridor and I… I was really scared, it’s not that I don’t want more information but I thought that they should be the ones to tell me how I should live my life from now on”(D7)
“Now I drive less, before we didn’t used to go out a lot but we did go away at Christmas”(D1)
“I get very tired, the stairs kill me and if not them, the hills, I can’t manage the hills, I’m a pensioner now”(D6)
“Life has changed me a lot. Life has no meaning when you are sick, let alone having a painful heart. You will value life when you get sick, even if you have the world, it will be valueless”(D5)
4. Discussion
4.1. Study Implications
4.2. Limitations
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Prior Illnesses |
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Antecedents, risk factors |
Diagnosis, dates, therapies |
Prior hospital admissions |
Social and family support |
Beliefs (religion…) |
Current |
Changes in lifestyle, work, sexuality, partnerships |
The emotional situation |
Feelings and meaning of the illness. |
Participants | Age | Marital Status | Current Employment Status | Level of Education | Socio-Economic Level | Prior Record of Illnesses |
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D-1 | 61 | married | Pensioner | Primary | Mid-high | No priors |
D-2 | 50 | married | Active | Primary | Mid | * AMI-2008 |
D-3 | 58 | married | Pensioner | Primary | Mid | ** IDDM |
D-4 | 62 | married | Active | Secondary | Mid | No priors |
D-5 | 60 | separate | Unemployed | Secondary | Mid-low | No priors |
D-6 | 41 | single | Pensioner | Primary | Low | AMI 2014 chest pain |
D-7 | 52 | married | Active | Secondary | Mid | AMI 2000 |
D-8 | 46 | separate | Active | Higher | Mid-high | No priors |
D-9 | 57 | separate | Active | Primary | Low | High blood pressure |
D-10 | 66 | married | Pensioner | Higher | Mid | Int. Claudication |
D-11 | 61 | separate | Sick leave | Primary | Low | Prior infarctions |
D-12 | 53 | married | Sick leave | Primary | Low | No priors |
D-13 | 46 | separate | Sick leave | Primary | Low | No priors |
D-14 | 54 | married | Sick leave | Primary | Low | No priors |
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Solano-Ruiz, M.; Freitas, G.F.d.; Ugarte-Gurrutxaga, M.I.; Gómez-Cantarino, S.; Siles-González, J. Men’s Positive and Negative Experiences Following Acute Myocardial Infarction. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2021, 18, 1053. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18031053
Solano-Ruiz M, Freitas GFd, Ugarte-Gurrutxaga MI, Gómez-Cantarino S, Siles-González J. Men’s Positive and Negative Experiences Following Acute Myocardial Infarction. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2021; 18(3):1053. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18031053
Chicago/Turabian StyleSolano-Ruiz, MCarmen, Genival Fernandes de Freitas, M. Idoia Ugarte-Gurrutxaga, Sagrario Gómez-Cantarino, and José Siles-González. 2021. "Men’s Positive and Negative Experiences Following Acute Myocardial Infarction" International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 18, no. 3: 1053. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18031053
APA StyleSolano-Ruiz, M., Freitas, G. F. d., Ugarte-Gurrutxaga, M. I., Gómez-Cantarino, S., & Siles-González, J. (2021). Men’s Positive and Negative Experiences Following Acute Myocardial Infarction. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 18(3), 1053. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18031053