[An investigation on the family support of discharged acute myocardial infarction patients].
Acute myocardial infarction (AMI) is a kind of diseases. The rehabilitation of AMI patients is affected by many psychosocial factors, the family support is one of these factors. In this research, two groups of patients were interviewed by the author with the Family APGAR Questionnaire, one group was of the patients who discharged 4-6 years ago, the other group was of the patients who discharged 5-7 months ago. The result was that the family support of five-year group was better than that of half-year group. So, the education for patient's family numbers was very important and should be thought highly by nurses.
Chen
W H
WH
Department of Nursing, Beijing Medical University.
Yao
J P
JP
D005190:Family / Q000523:psychology*; D006801:Humans; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000451:nursing / Q000523:psychology* / Q000534:rehabilitation; D020380:Needs Assessment; D010351:Patient Discharge; D010353:Patient Education as Topic; D012944:Social Support; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires