Older people who experience stress due to personal financial problems are almost twice as likely to die of a heart attack as those who are not stressed for financial reasons, according to a new US scientific study.
Researchers at the University of Maryland and Yale Medical Schools, led by Assistant Professor Jason Falvey, who published the paper in the American medical journal JAMA Internal Medicine, analyzed data on 2,851 people over the age of 75 who had . Compared to those without financial difficulties, the financially strained had higher rates of chronic diseases.
The death rate up to six months after a heart attack was 7.2% for those without financial problems, 9.2% for those with moderate problems (they made a living even marginally) and almost 17% for those with severe financial problems. difficulties (so they were almost twice as likely to die after a heart attack as those who had no financial problems at all).
“Many elderly people who are financially strained, fail to go to the doctor or take medication because of their cost. “Financial problems are a strong predictor of the health outcomes of the elderly after a myocardial infarction, even when other factors are taken into account, such as how ill the elderly were before or after their heart attack,” he said. Dr. Falvey.
Link to the scientific publication here
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