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A research has proved that unmarried patients are at a higher rate of both all-cause death and cardiovascular death.
According to a study presented at the European Society of Cardiology’s scientific meeting in 2022, unmarried people are less confident in coping with their disease and more socially compelled than married people. This difference shortens the lives of unmarried people.
Social support helps patients cope with long-term situations. Dr. Fabian Kerwagen, the author of the study, said that couples encourage each other to break free from other negative habits, including drugs, and promote healthy behaviors that lead to longevity.
Dr. Fabian said that during the study, unmarried patients showed less interaction and conversation than married people, while they also had less confidence needed to control heart disease. The study looked at 1,022 patients between 2004 and 2007, of whom 633 were married.
During the study, 14 patients did not disclose their marital status, while out of 1008 surviving patients, 633 were married and 375 were unmarried. Of those 375, 195 husbands or wives died, 96 remained unmarried, while 84 had to live alone due to separation or divorce.
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The researchers said that the patients were provided with questionnaires and different facts emerged based on the overall results. There was no difference between married and unmarried patients in terms of overall quality of life or depression, but unmarried people proved to be worse in terms of social boundaries and self-efficacy.
In the next 10 years, 679 patients died. Subsequent findings show that unmarried people have a 58 percent higher risk of death than married patients. Dr. Fabian said that the link between marriage and longevity underscores the importance of social support for heart patients.
