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| Emotional Reactions after Hospitalization for Unstable Angina
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| Investigator (PI): | Luten, Alice G |
| Performing Organization (PO): |
(Current): Rush University Medical Center |
| Supporting Agency (SA): | American Heart Association (AHA) |
| Initial Year: | 1998 |
| Final Year: | 2000 |
| Award Type: | Grant |
| Abstract: | This project has two goals. First, we would like to learn what emotions patients usually experience after being hospitalized for a certain type of chest pain (called unstable angina). The emotions that we will be studying are sadness, anxiety, anger, and generally feeling upset or distressed. We will ask patients about their emotions periodically during the three months after the hospitalization. Second, we would like to learn whether people with strong emotional reactions are more likely to have medical complications during the six months following the hospitalization, compared to people who do not have strong emotional reactions. Both of these goals will help researchers develop psychological treatments for patients who have been hospitalized for chest pain. In other words, knowing what kinds of negative feelings people experience after being hospitalized will help us plan treatments to reduce the intensity of these feelings. Also, if we learn that patients with strong emotional reactions are more likely to have medical difficulties during the six months after hospitalization, then we will have more evidence to suggest that emotions influence physical recovery. Such evidence would suggest that it is important to develop psychological treatments for patients with chest pain, not only to reduce their negative emotions (feeling sad, anxious, angry, and upset), but also to improve their physical health. We will interview patients between the dates of 10/1/98 and 12/31/99. Participants will fill out several questionnaires asking how they are feeling (emotionally) while they are still in the hospital. They will complete these same questionnaires every several weeks after they are discharged, over a period of three months. We will check participants' medical records to learn about any medical complications that occur while they are in the hospital, and we will call participants six months after the hospitalization to learn about any medical problems they have experienced over the previous six months. For patients who were rehospitalized during the six month period, we will obtain their medical records in order to learn more about what medical problems occurred. In this study, we will investigate the relationship between negative emotions and cardiac health by asking two specific questions: 1) What emotions do patients usually experience after being hospitalized for unstable angina (a certain type of chest pain)? The emotions that we will be studying are sadness, anxiety, anger, and generally feeling upset or distressed. We will ask patients about their emotions periodically during the three months after the hospitalization. 2) Are people with strong emotional reactions during the three months after hospitalization more likely to have medical complications during the six months following the hospitalization, compared to people who do not have strong emotional reactions? Are certain types of emotional reactions more related to medical complications than other types of emotional reactions? (ABSTRACT TRUNCATED) |
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| Country: | United States |
| State: | Illinois |
| Zip Code: | 60612 |
| UI: | 20010251 |
| Project Status: | Archived |