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- Title
A Group-Based Program of Emotional Recovery for Younger Women Following Myocardial Infarction.
- Authors
Bowers, Michele J.; Buchanan, Marla J.
- Abstract
Heart disease is the leading cause of illness, disability, and death among women in Canada. Myocardial infarction (MI) accounts for almost half of these deaths yearly. The purpose of this study was to understand younger women's experience of recovery from MI. A purposive sample consisting of six younger women diagnosed with MI participated in an eight-week guided autobiographical (GA) group intervention where they engaged in weekly reflection, writing, and group dialogue. The experience of loss, uncertainty, changes in self-perception, self-care, health care and support from others, and caring for others emerged from the data analysis. GA was shown to be an effective psychosocial intervention to facilitate emotional recovery following a significant cardiac event as all participants described the GA group as a therapeutic component of their recovery process.
- Subjects
CANADA; CARDIAC surgery; MYOCARDIAL infarction; WOMEN'S health; SELF-help techniques
- Publication
Canadian Journal of Counselling / Revue Canadienne de Counseling, 2007, Vol 41, Issue 2, p77
- ISSN
0828-3893
- Publication type
Article