TY - GEN
T1 - Social deprivation and recovery from Myocardial Infarction: The role of social comparisons
AU - MacLeod, Malcolm David
AU - Graham, Elspeth Forbes
AU - Johnston, M
AU - Dibben, Christopher John Lloyd
AU - Morgan, I
AU - Briscoe, S
A2 - Navarro-Loez, F
N1 - XXI Congress of the European Society of Cardiology Bologna, Italy: Moduzzi Editore
PY - 1999
Y1 - 1999
N2 - This paper reports the preliminary findings of a prospective study of 150 patients suffering from first Myocardial Infarction (MI). Specifically, we proposed that deprivation factors would affect recovery from MI and that social comparison processes might provide the mechanism by which relative deprivation might affect health. Data on patients' socio-economic status, their recovery following MI (based on responses to the FLP), and possible psychological mediating variables (e.g., social comparisons, self-esteem, depression) and health-related behaviours (e.g., exercise, smoking, diet) were collected by interview at 5 weeks post MI and again at 15 weeks post MI. Pls predicted, wealth comparisons were related to self-esteem and recovery. The current paper explores some of the implications of this research for health intervention and policy.
AB - This paper reports the preliminary findings of a prospective study of 150 patients suffering from first Myocardial Infarction (MI). Specifically, we proposed that deprivation factors would affect recovery from MI and that social comparison processes might provide the mechanism by which relative deprivation might affect health. Data on patients' socio-economic status, their recovery following MI (based on responses to the FLP), and possible psychological mediating variables (e.g., social comparisons, self-esteem, depression) and health-related behaviours (e.g., exercise, smoking, diet) were collected by interview at 5 weeks post MI and again at 15 weeks post MI. Pls predicted, wealth comparisons were related to self-esteem and recovery. The current paper explores some of the implications of this research for health intervention and policy.
KW - SCOTLAND
M3 - Other contribution
ER -