Abstract
The pathophysiology of Coronary Heart Disease (CHD)
predisposes patients to neurobehavioral problems. This study was
designed to assess differences in neurobehavioral functioning
between patients diagnosed with myocardial infarction (MI) with
and without type 2 Diabetes Mellitus (T2DM) and their age,
gender, and education-matched community controls. It was
proposed that the neurobehavioral functioning of MI patients with
T2DM would be different from that of MI patients without T2DM
as well as from that of community controls. The Neurobehavioral
Functioning Inventory (NFI) (Kreutzer, Seel, & Marwitz, 1999)
was administered to MI patients aged between 35 and 55 and the
controls. To infer the proposed differences between the groups,
Multivariate Analysis of Covariance and Univariate Analysis of
Variances was carried out. The results of the study endorse the
additive effects of T2DM, as a significant difference was found
between the three groups in neurobehavioral functioning, except in
communication. MI patients with T2DM scored higher on
depression, somatic, memory, aggression and motor subscales
compared to MI patients without T2DM and the controls.
Moreover, women MI patients scored higher on somatic, memory,
aggression and motor deficits; however, no significant gender
differences are observed for depression and communication. The
study will help direct cardiologists in the formation of realistic
goals for MI patients. Future work can scrutinize the additive
Rafia Rafique, Afifa Anjum, Lubna Amer. (2016) The Additive Effects of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus on Neurobehavioral Functioning of Patients Diagnosed With Myocardial Infarction, Journal of Behavioural Sciences, Volume 26, Issue 2.
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