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Anxiety After Heart Attack is Mismanaged
There is a mismatch between patients' own descriptions of anxiety after a heart attack and the way it is recorded and treated by their doctors. Anxiety is common - but not inevitable - after a heart attack. Left untreated, it may impair a patient's recovery.
Researchers at Ohio State University have looked at the experience of a group of 101 heart attack patients. Anxiety levels varied from none to severe. Nearly half of those who rated themselves as being extremely anxious had not had a clinical assessment of anxiety. Nor had more than half of those saying they were moderately or mildly anxious. Slightly less than a third of those reporting no anxiety had been evaluated.
Three quarters of the participants had received some treatment for anxiety - such as tranquillizing drugs or relaxation therapy - but a prior clinical assessment had only been done in less than half of cases. It was rare for any follow up to be done to see if the treatments were effective.
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Source:
Ohio State University, March 12, 2003
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