Age and Gender - Related Differences in Health Anxiety and Perceived Anxiety-Control Level among Patients with Acute Cardiac Syndrome
Journal Title: IOSR Journal of Nursing and health Science - Year 2018, Vol 7, Issue 4
Abstract
The experience of anxiety feelings about health condition has an omnipresent influence on life domains of younger and older adults, and takes place if various stressors (chronic disease dilemma, functional limitations, and physical disabilities) can exaggerate the disorder. Severe health anxiety result from acute cardiac episodes has significant negative impacts on well-being, social & occupational functioning and health care resources utilization. Investigating health anxiety in clinical medical practice populations with varied age categories and within gender differences provides an opportunity to understand how these sorts of difficulties may arise and be maintained as a result of health-related experiences. The aims of the study were to (1) identify age and gender - related differences in health anxiety and anxiety-control levels among patients with acute cardiac syndrome; (2) determine the relationship between participants’ perceived anxiety control level and degree of health anxiety. This study had been conducted at cardiology inpatient department affiliated to General Alexandria Main University Hospital, Egypt. A total of 80 male and female younger and older adults’ hospitalized patients with documented acute cardiac episode. Data were collected through four: Sociodemographic and clinical data structured interview schedule, The Short Health Anxiety Inventory (18-item SHAI), Illness Attitudes Scale-27, and Anxiety Control Questionnaire (ACQ). According to SHAI, total mean percent score of those <60 was 44.31 ± 17.31 compared with 35.14 ± 21.28 of those ≥60.younger adult females experienced more health anxiety during their acute cardiac episodes in a significant degree than older females. Age and gender statistical significant differences concerning levels of anxiety control of study participants was emerged. There is an inverse relationship between patients’ perceived level of anxiety control and their healthrelated anxiety. Studied older adults in the current study demonstrated lower levels of health anxiety in comparison with the studied younger adults According to SHAI. The same finding was confirmed using Illness Attitude Scale. Moreover, the current study determined that a higher level of perceived anxiety control was associated with lower level of health anxiety based on both SHAI and illness attitude scale which is incomparable results to this study. Age and sex significant differences regarding perceived control and health anxiety between participants in both groups were also detected. Health anxiety screening should be established as a routine screening measure for both younger and older adult's patients in clinical settings. Level of anxiety control, age and gender differences must be considered when planning health anxiety interventions.
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Marwa Ibrahim Mahfouz Khalil, Maha Mohammed Abd El-Moniem, Gehan Mohamed Desoky
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