[Management of occupational stress among patients with cardiac diseases].
The object of our study was the evaluation of psycophysic condition, stress perception and coping in a sample of subject in cardiac rehabilitation. Our study recruited 48 worker patients (44 male, M = 50.5 +/- 8.8; 4 female, M = 50.8 +/- 8.7). They were submitted to: 1) cardiac evaluation and rehabilitation in DH regimen; 2) psychological assessment; 3) work's characteristic evaluation. The evaluation were made at the moment of recruitment and six month later 42 subjects went back to work after 81.8 +/- 49 days; 2 subjects had a worsening of their clinic conditions not consistent with an occupational resumption; 4 subjects didn't go back to work. In the 42 worker subjects we have find a significant decrease of anxiety (p < 0.019) and depression levels (p < 0.004); a significant improvement of Quality of Life perception in its physical (p < 0.000) and psychic aspects (p < 0.021) and an improvement about the ability to reorganize the work to better ménage stress (p < 0.012).
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Servizio di Psicologia, Fondazione S. Maugeri Clinica del Lavoro e della Riabilitazione IRCCS, Via S. Maugeri,10 27100 Pavia. igiorgi@fsm.it
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D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D017202:Myocardial Ischemia / Q000150:complications*; D009784:Occupational Diseases / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy