Leaving your heart attack to chanceAugust 31, 2001People who believe their health is largely due to chance are more likely to wait over four hours to seek medical help after having a heart attack. This is the finding of research by Professor Ronan O'Carroll, University of St Andrews and colleagues from the University of Edinburgh, presented today, Friday 7 September, at the joint British Psychological Society's Division of Health Psychology and European Health Psychology Society conference, held at St Andrews University. A group of 72 patients were interviewed in hospital between three to five days after they had experienced a heart attack. They completed a range of psychological measures. Patients who believed they were having a heart attack were more likely to attend promptly. Those patients who waited over four hours after having a heart attack before getting medical help reported higher levels of denial and believed their health status was due to chance factors. This delay could prove fatal. These findings have important implications for successful recovery and survival from heart attack. The researchers suggest that if such beliefs could be modified, patients may seek help more quickly and as a result survival rates may increase. British Psychological Society (BPS) |
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