The results of a new European study. Scientists appreciate the difference with men.
Dutch scientists have found that women who suffer and survive heart attacks are more likely than men to develop depression or anxiety disorders.
In a study of hundreds of withdrawal patients, they found a 50% increase in women being prescribed antidepressants in the first year after withdrawal. However, a similar trend was not observed in men.
After five years, antidepressant prescriptions in women increased by 20%.
“While we need more research to find the exact reasons for the discrepancy, our assessment is that women are not being adequately supported after termination,” she said. leading researcher Dr. Robin Smiths From the Department of Public Health, University of Amsterdam.
New research Published in the medical journal Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes. The study was conducted on 259 women and 996 men who had a heart attack between 2009 and 2015. All of them had heart attacks in the community (i.e. outside the hospital).
The average age of women was 51, and that of men was 54. Scientists followed the progress of their health five years after the heart attack.
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As they found, the percentage of those employed after the strike dropped significantly. In women, it was 72.8% and decreased to 53.4%. In men, it reached 63.7% from almost 81% before the holiday.
However, women were nearly six times more likely to require anxiety or antidepressant medication after an episode. These odds rose equally at one year and five after the episode.
“Our study showed a significant drop in employment rates and, by extension, incomes.” striking Dr. The Smiths.
In a previous study, the same research team found gender differences in survival. In fact, women live longer after cessation than men.
Taken together, the results of the two studies show that “cardiac arrest has different outcomes by gender. “Although women are more likely to overcome it and live longer, the risk of later developing mental health problems is increased,” the researcher said.