Gender Differences For Health And Quality Of Life Outcome

‘Fight Or Flight’: Gender Differences in Stressors and Coping Post MI Marina Brawner University of Alberta Nursing 503 October 21, 2014 Introduction The increased acknowledgement of gender differences for health and quality of life outcome indicates a necessity for more gender sensitivity and specificity in research undertakings among patients with a myocardial infarction (MI). Heart disease research has historically been focused on middle aged men. The prevalence for cardiac disease in women have been ubiquitous, it was not until the 2000’s, a shift occurred where elderly women were being diagnosed with heart disease (Kristofferson, Lofmark, Clarlsson 2003). Congruent with the male research focus, cardiac rehabilitation†¦show more content†¦These findings give rise to the question of what gender differences exist in identifying and managing stress after a myocardial infarction and how these differences affect one’s health and quality of life outcome. Focus and Aim of the Review The leading cause of morbidity and mortality among men and women is Coronary Heart Disease (CHD) which includes myocardial infarction. Studies suggest that women are more likely than men to develop cardiac distress symptoms and complications following a cardiac incident (Hallman, 2001). Furthermore, women are generally older when they have a myocardial infarction and have specific attitudes towards recovery. This suggests that when accommodating for a transformed health state in their daily living, women and men may use different coping strategies to facilitate their rehabilitation (Sutherland Jensen, 2000). Prior literature has examined stressors and stress management behaviours in both men and women after a myocardial infarction but there is a general paucity of data comparing gender differences in stressors and coping in MI patients. 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