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Sudden Cardiac Death - Social Impact on Family
JIROUŠKOVÁ, Alžběta
Abstract The Bachelor´s thesis "A Sudden cardiac death - and its social impact on the family" deals with a sudden cardiac death and its influence on functionality of a basic element of the state ? the family. The main task of this thesis is to determine a total psychosocial impact of a sudden cardiac death on the relationships in the family and verify which psychosocial rehabilitation options are offered to the bereaved persons. The expected application of this thesis in practice should improve living conditions for the bereaved persons and to provide them with more information about this diagnosis. In the theoretical part the diagnosis of a sudden cardiac death was described in detail. The death that occurs within one hour after the first signs is a frequently discussed topic in professional medical circles. The heart disease is considered as the main risk factor. Therefore, doctors primarily concentrate on this area in the treatment and prevention. Nevertheless 25 percent of patients who died of sudden cardiac disease had no signs of heart disease. So it´s important to think about familial syndrome. The major role in therapeutic activities is played by antiarhytmic therapy, kardiovertru-defibrillator implantation or catheter ablation. The main objective of the research was to determine how the current society is informed about the risk of NSS, its causes and possible prevention. The possibilities of psychosocial rehabilitation for families with psychosocial impact from diagnosed sudden cardiac death of a family member were analyzed here as well. The first set of questions was focused on lifestyle diseases that are closely connected with NSS and significantly increase the risk. The answers revealed the current society is quite well informed about lifestyle diseases, mainly cardiovascular diseases. Despite this knowledge the Czech population health situation has not changed significantly and civilization diseases are growing instantly. Another set of questions focused on the NSS and its causes. A lot of survey respondents put emphasis on SAC prevention in contradistinction to experts who already work with endangered patients and focus on managing and control of life threatening arrhythmias. Approximately half of the respondents identified themselves as endangered because of their health problems (cardiovascular disease, obesity, diabetes, etc.) More than 95 percent of the respondents expected impacts on the family and its relationships caused by the sudden cardiac death of a family member. Only 8 percent of the respondents put emphasis on potential social-economic changes. The research dealt with a problem whether the public is well-informed about possibilities of psychosocial rehabilitation. And the findings indicate it is not. More than 58 percent of the respondents try to solve problems themselves or with help of their family or friends. The responses to the survey confirmed the assumption that majority of the respondents (80 percent) know only about financial support from the state to the bereaved persons. And they would use only this state support if their family member died. Common people consider the using of psychosocial rehabilitation unavailable or they believe it is intended for the target group of psychologically ill people, mentally handicapped, alcoholics and drug addicts. A most of them don´t know that it could be used by the bereaved persons (91.16 percent). Due to the activity developed by the MMR as counseling for bereaved persons, it seems that it could get better in the near future. The offered service called ?consultancy for the bereaved persons? could get widely into the public knowledge.
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