United States – A new study also shows that people who have positive attitude to life may dramatically decrease chances of suffering heart attacks and strokes. Dr. Wen Sun of the University of Science and Technology of China highlights social and psychological factors that play an essential role in the prevention of cardiovascular diseases in addition to the physiological aspect of health, as reported by HealthDay.
Study Overview
The survey data was collected from over 120,000 participants in the U. K. Biobank and index was used to evaluate quality of life index with reference to family situations, health, financial status and happiness index. These well-being scores that were measured by the researchers were to be compared with four major heart diseases.
Key Findings
Individuals with the highest well-being scores experienced:
- A 44% decreased chance of arterial occlusion.
- The clinical results were a reduction of stroke risk by 45%.
- A 51 percentage point reduction in their chances of having a heart failure.
- Reducing their lifetime risk of heart attacks by 56 percent.
Based on the result further tests indicated that they found that those with higher well-being scores are health wise or metabolically they have even healthier behaviors and they are less inflammatory as well.
Expert Insights
Levine, a cardiologist and the author of a statement published by the American Heart Association in 2021 on mind-heart-body connection, said that although the findings are expected, they offer a fresh perspective on the heart-health-psychological state. He emphasized the importance of not only the factors that hinder the mental health such as depression and stress but also the factors that could improve the mental health, as reported by HealthDay.
To enhance life satisfaction that directly influences cardiovascular health, healthcare workers ought to come up with various approaches that are associated positively with improved and healthy life satisfaction.