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Role of Spousal Anxiety and Depression in Patients’ Psychosocial Recovery After a Cardiac Event

From the College of Nursing, University of Kentucky (D.K.M.), Lexington, KY; and School of Nursing, University of California, San Francisco (K.D.), San Francisco, CA.

View larger version (13K): [in a new window]   Figure 1. Comparison of mean (± SD) anxiety, depression, and hostility scores between patients and spouses. p < .001 for anxiety and depression; no significant difference in hostility scores between the 2. Higher scores indicate greater anxiety, depression, and hostility.

View larger version (14K): [in a new window]   Figure 2. Comparison of mean (± SD) level of perceived control between patients and spouses. p < .001. Higher scores indicate greater sense of perceived control.

View larger version (20K): [in a new window]   Figure 3. Differences in mean (± SD) patient psychosocial adjustment to illness based on spouse level of anxiety compared with patient level of anxiety. p = .001 overall; post hoc group comparisons using Bonferroni correction, p < .01 for differences between each group. Higher scores on the psychosocial adjustment to illness scale indicate worse adjustment.

View larger version (18K): [in a new window]   Figure 4. Differences in mean (± SD) patient psychosocial adjustment to illness based on spouse level of depression compared with patient level of depression. p = .001 overall; post hoc group comparisons using Bonferroni correction, p < .01 for differences between each group. Higher scores on the psychosocial adjustment to illness scale indicate worse adjustment.