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Pets, Depression and Long-term Survival in Community Living Patients Following Myocardial Infarction
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Evidence supports the contribution of depression, anxiety, and poor social support to mortality of hospitalized myocardial infarction (MI) patients. The contribution of depression to survival is independent of disease severity. Pet ownership, a non-human form of social support, has also been associated with one year survival of post-MI patients. The current study addresses whether pet ownership contributes independently to long term survival beyond the contributions of depression, anxiety, or low social support in post-MI patients who have already survived at least 6 months. Data from patients (N = 460) enrolled in the "Psychosocial Responses in the Home Automated External Defibrillator Trial (PR-HAT)"were used. Seventeen patients died during a median follow-up of 2.8 years. In Cox proportional hazards regression model that included depression, lack of pet ownership, and the interaction between depression and lack of pet ownership, not owning a pet was the only significant independent predictor of mortality (p = 0.036). The interaction between pet ownership and depression tended to be significant indicating that the effect of pet ownership on survival in this group of people who have supportive spouses/companions living with them may relate to depression.
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In a trial of 460 pet owners implanted with a defibrillator (mean age = 61), possession of pets rendered participants less likely to die (P = 0.036) in the following 2.8 years.
“Further analysis of a trial in which 460 pet owners were implanted with a defibrillator (mean age = 61) revealed that possession of pets rendered participants less likely to die (P = 0.036) in the following 2.8 years [53].”
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The Results report 460 patients with a mean age of 61.09, a median follow-up of 2.8 years, and a significant association between not owning a pet and mortality (p = 0.036). But the 460 patients were not all pet owners, and the Methods (Recruitment) describe a trial of home automated external defibrillators, not implanted devices. (LLM, conf=0.94)
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- Authors
- Friedmann, E., Thomas, S. A., & Son, H.
- Affiliations
- University of Maryland, Baltimore (US)
- Corresponding author
- Friedmann, Erika
- Venue
- Anthrozoös
- Publisher
- Informa UK Limited
- Published
- 2011-09
- Volume
- 24
- Issue
- 3
- Pages
- 273-285
- ISSN
- 0892-7936 (ISSN-L)
- 1753-0377
- PMC
- PMC3156485
- OpenAlex
- W1988370601
- Cited by
- 87
- References
- 6
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- FWCI
- 5.00
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
- www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
- Locations
- Anthrozoös (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (acceptedVersion)
- PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
- Funders
- National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (U01HL067972)
- National Institute of Nursing Research (R01NR008550)
- Topics
- Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Animal Science and Zoology › Human-Animal Interaction Studies
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine › Cardiac Health and Mental Health
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine › Acute Myocardial Infarction Research
- Keywords
- pet ownership, depression, long-term survival, myocardial infarction, mortality, social support, anxiety, community-dwelling patients, human-animal interaction
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