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Frauen und koronare Herzkrankheiten — eine psychologische Perspektive

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Frauen — das kranke Geschlecht? Mythos und Wirklichkeit

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Koronare Herzkrankheiten (KHK) und andere kardiovaskuläre Krankheiten sind die führenden Todesursachen für Frauen in den Vereinigten Staaten. Unter kardiovaskulären Krankheiten werden all die Krankheiten verstanden, die im Zusammenhang mit den Herz- oder Blutgefäßen stehen. Sie schließen die koronare Herzkrankheit (KHK), den Schlaganfall, erhöhten Blutdruck und Herzinsuffizienz ein. Diese Krankheiten stellen für beide Geschlechter wichtige Todesursachen dar; trotzdem weiß man wenig über die unterschiedliche Betroffenheit von Frauen und Männern durch diese Erkrankungen. Ergebnisse der Framingham Studie, einer prospektiven Langzeituntersuchung, zeigen, daß die koronaren Herzkrankheiten bei Frauen stärker altersbedingt sind als bei Männern. In der höchsten Altersgruppe (75 bis 84 Jahre) sind sie 40mal häufiger als bei den jüngeren Frauen (35 bis 44 Jahre) (Lerner & Kannel 1986). Durch die Verschiebung der Alterspyramide in unserer Bevölkerung kann folglich damit gerechnet werden, daß koronare Herzkrankheiten ein zunehmend ernstes Problem für Frauen darstellen werden. Männer und Frauen unterscheiden sich im Hinblick auf die Morbidität, Mortalität und die Genesung von KHK. Gründe dafür sind in geschlechtsspezifischen Unterschieden, im natürlichen Verlauf der Krankheit, bei der Diagnose und Behandlung, im jeweiligen Gesundheitsverhalten und bei den psychosozialen Faktoren zu suchen.

Dieser Artikel wurde von den Autorinnen erstmalig in Englisch publiziert unter dem Titel „Women and Coronary Heart Disease: A Psychological Perspective“ in: A. Stanton & Sh. Gallent (eds): Psychology of Women’s Health: Progress and Challenges in Research and Application. Copyright by the America Psychological Association 1995. Die übersetzung erfolgte mit freundlicher Genehmigung des Verlages und der Herausgeber. Die American Psychological Association ist nicht für die übersetzung verantwortlich. Weder das Original noch die Übersetzung dürfen ohne schriftliche Erlaubnis des Verlages reproduziert, weiterverbreitet oder in irgendeiner anderen Form vervielfältigt werden.

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Shumaker, S.A., Smith, T.R. (1996). Frauen und koronare Herzkrankheiten — eine psychologische Perspektive. In: Maschewsky-Schneider, U. (eds) Frauen — das kranke Geschlecht? Mythos und Wirklichkeit. VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften, Wiesbaden. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-322-97327-6_2

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