Marriage May Be Good For The Heart
Oct-29-2015

When it comes to matters of the heart, it seems those who tie the knot really do fare better.

Married patients who undergo heart surgery make better recoveries than their divorced or single counterparts, a new study suggests.

Those who were divorced, separated or widowed were 40 per cent more likely to die or develop a life-impeding disability two years after the operation, researchers found.

They believe that a partner's support in aftercare and choosing a suitable hospital for the operation could explain the results.

The findings suggest those who have their spouse in their mind as they go under the knife are more likely to wake up with healthier hearts and no side effects.

Researchers hope the results could lead to identifying individuals at risk from postoperative problems and performing interventions to improve recovery.

The study, published in JAMA Surgery, involved 1,576 cardiac surgery patients from the University of Michigan Health and Retirement Study, which has enrolled almost 30,000 adults over 50 since 1998.

At the time of the study, 65 per cent were married, 12 per cent were divorced or separated, 21 per cent were widowed and 2 per cent had never been married.

They found the married patients were less likely to be ill with another kind of illness or disability before their surgery.

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