ReviewJournal of clinical medicine2021
Surviving to Acute Myocardial Infarction: The Role of Psychological Factors and Alexithymia in Delayed Time to Searching Care: A Systematic Review.
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- Adult attachment insecurity and uncertain reflective functioning as mediators between traumatic experiences and alexithymia in young adults: a structural equation modeling approach.BMC psychology · 2026Article
- Alexithymia and Bipolar Disorder: Virtual Reality Could Be a Useful Tool for the Treatment and Prevention of These Conditions in People with a Physical Comorbidity.Journal of clinical medicine · 2024Article
- The Brain-Heart Axis: An Umbrella Review on Impact of Psychiatric Disease on Incidence, Management, and Outlook of Cardiovascular Disease.Life (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Review
- Biobehavioral approach to distinguishing panic symptoms from medical illness.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2024Review
- Psychological Help-Seeking Status for Living with Mental Health Conditions in Türkiye: Using a Multivariate Probit Model.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Why is it Important to Assess and Treat Alexithymia in the Cardiologic Field? An Overview of the Literature.Clinical practice and epidemiology in mental health : CP & EMH · 2023Review
- Alexithymia is a determinant of early death in the long-term course of post-myocardial infarction.Journal of public health research · 2022Article
- Gender Differences in All-Cause Mortality after Acute Myocardial Infarction: Evidence for a Gender-Age Interaction.Journal of clinical medicine · 2022Article
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Abstract
The time from symptom onset to reperfusion is a critical determinant of myocardial salvage and clinical outcomes in patients with acute myocardial infarction (AMI). This time period could be delayed if people do not seek help promptly and/or if the health system is not efficient in responding quickly and attending to these individuals. The aim of this study was to identify psychological factors associated with pre-hospital delay (PHD) or patients' decisional delay (PDD) in people with an ongoing AMI. A search in PubMed/Medline from 1990 to 2021 with the keywords "pre-hospital delay" OR "prehospital delay" OR "patient delay" OR "decisional delay" OR "care seeking behavior" AND "psychological factors" OR "alexithymia" AND "myocardial infarction" was performed. Thirty-six studies were included, involving 10.389 patients. Wrong appraisal, interpretation and causal beliefs about symptoms, denial of the severity of the symptoms and high levels of alexithymia were found related to longer PHD or PDD. Alexithymia may be an overarching construct that explains the disparate findings of the studies exploring the role of psychological factors in PHD or PDD. Further studies are needed in order to analyse the role of alexithymia in patients with risk factors for AMI to prevent delay.
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