Social relations in women with coronary heart disease: the effects of work and marital stressShow others and affiliations
2003 (English)In: Journal of Cardiovascular Risk, ISSN 1350-6277, E-ISSN 1473-5652, Vol. 10, no 3, p. 201-206Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]
Background Studies have previously shown that psychosocial stress, related to both work and family, is associated with the increased risk of coronary heart disease (CHD) morbidity and mortality. The objective of this study was to examine how social relations are affected by marital stress and work stress in a population-based sample of Swedish women with CHD. Method Data was obtained from the Stockholm Female Coronary Risk Study, comprising 292 women aged 65 years or younger, with a mean age of 56 (SD = 7) years admitted for an acute event of CHD and examined 3-6 months after hospitalization. Marital and work stress was assessed using the Stockholm Marital Stress Scale and the Swedish version of the Karasek demand-control questionnaire, respectively. Condensed versions of the Interview Schedule for Social Interaction (ISSI) and of Interpersonal Support Evaluation List (ISEL) were used to assess social relations and social support. Results Marital stress was associated with less social integration (P< 0.001), less appraisal support (P< 0.001), a lower sense of belonging (P<0.01) and less tangible support (P< 0.01) even after controlling for work stress. Adjustment for age, socioeconomic status (education and occupational status) did not alter these results significantly. Work stress did not show statistically significant effects on any of the measured social relations. Conclusion The present study showed that marital stress influenced women's social relations. These results suggest that marital stress needs to be further investigated not only as an independent but also as an interactive risk factor for women with CHD. J Cardiovasc Risk 10:201-206 (C) 2003 Lippincott Williams Wilkins.
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Karolinska Hosp, Karolinska Inst, Dept Publ Hlth Sci, S-17176 Stockholm, Sweden. Semmelweis Univ, Inst Behav Sci, H-1085 Budapest, Hungary. Swedish Natl Inst Publ Hlth, Stockholm, Sweden.: LIPPINCOTT WILLIAMS & WILKINS , 2003. Vol. 10, no 3, p. 201-206
Keywords [en]
women, coronary heart disease, social relations, marital stress, work stress
National Category
Health Sciences
Identifiers
URN: urn:nbn:se:mdh:diva-50073DOI: 10.1097/00043798-200306000-00008ISI: 000183746900008PubMedID: 12775953OAI: oai:DiVA.org:mdh-50073DiVA, id: diva2:1467285
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