Mental health literacy in patients with acute myocardial infarction: a cross-sectional registry-based study.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

This study aimed to explore mental health literacy (MHL) and its related factors in a cross-sectional, registry-based sample of patients after acute myocardial infarction (AMI).

Methods

All survivors of AMI between 2017 and 2019 from the Myocardial Infarction Registry Augsburg (n=1.712) received a postal questionnaire on MHL (Mental Health Literacy Scale (MHLS-GER)) and single questions on experiences with and information on mental disorders in 2023. The response rate was 49.9%. Logistic and linear regression models were used to investigate the associations between these variables and sociodemographic factors.

Results

In the sample of 855 patients (77.5% male, mean age 71.4 ± 10.9 years), 30.0% had experienced mental problems about 5 years after AMI. Amon

SUBMITTER: Kirchberger I 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11599234 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature