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Psychological Risk Factors of Sudden Cardiac Arrest |
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| Authors: | A Appels B Golombeck A Gorgels J de Vreede G van Breukelen |
| Institution: | 1. Department of Medical, Clinical and Experimental Psychology , Maastricht University , P.O. Box 616, Maastricht, 6200 MD, The Netherlands;2. Department of Cardiology , Maastricht University , Maastricht, The Netherlands;3. Department of Methodology and Statistics , Maastricht University , Maastricht, The Netherlands |
| Abstract: | This study tested the hypotheses that Vital Exhaustion (VE) increases the risk of sudden cardiac arrest (SCA) and that non-expression of emotions modifies the risk of VE. Data came from 99 victims of SCA and 103 healthy controls matched for gender and age. Victims of SCA were more often assessed as exhausted and as being closed by their family members than controls, the estimated relative risks being 2.81 (95% CI 1.1-7.3) and 2.28 (95% CI 1.1-4.6), respectively. No significant interaction between exhaustion and being closed on the risk of SCA was observed. These findings indicate that a state of exhaustion and being closed belong to the risk indicators of SCA. |
| Keywords: | Sudden Cardiac Arrest Sudden Cardiac Death Vital Exhaustion Non-expression Of Emotions |