Taberner Juliana Sobreira, Leite Pedro Colli Badino de Souza, Cutait Martin Mendonça, Takada Julio, Mansur Antônio de Pádua, Caramelli Bruno
Instituto do Coração, Hospital das Clínicas, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de São Paulo.
Rev Assoc Med Bras (1992). 2007 Jul-Aug;53(4):335-7. doi: 10.1590/s0104-42302007000400019.
Social turmoil associated with catastrophes such as flooding, earthquakes or air raids bring about an increased incidence of acute myocardial infarction. Premature death of media personalities with a strong public appeal may cause similar phenomena.
To analyze the impact of this media coverage on the emergency service at a Heart Hospital in Brazil (InCor).
Demographic profiles of patients collected from the InCor's database were analyzed in the days following the death of an important TV personality (Group B). These patients were compared to a Control Group represented by those attended during the first semester of 2006.
When compared to the Control Group, Group B disclosed the following significant statistical changes: patients were younger and more of them were male. These findings reflect a change of profile in the control group tending to a greater similarity with the characteristics of the TV personality (man, 43 years old). These changes remained significant for four days (age) and one day (gender). Furthermore, the greater demand for the cardiologic emergency service was not followed by an increased number of deaths and hospitalizations for acute myocardial infarction.
Media exposure on the circumstances of premature death by myocardial infarction of an important TV personality was associated with an increase in the number and a change in the profile of the patients seeking the emergency room at the InCor Heart Hospital. Differently from a situation such as catastrophes, this phenomenon was not followed by an increase in the incidence of myocardial infarction.
与洪水、地震或空袭等灾难相关的社会动荡会导致急性心肌梗死发病率上升。具有强大公众号召力的媒体人物过早离世可能会引发类似现象。
分析此类媒体报道对巴西一家心脏医院（InCor）急诊服务的影响。
对在一位重要电视名人去世后的几天里从InCor数据库收集的患者人口统计学资料进行分析（B组）。将这些患者与以2006年第一学期就诊患者为代表的对照组进行比较。
与对照组相比，B组出现了以下显著的统计学变化：患者更年轻，且男性更多。这些发现反映出对照组的特征倾向于与电视名人（43岁男性）的特征更相似。这些变化在四天（年龄）和一天（性别）内仍具有显著性。此外，对心脏急诊服务需求的增加并未伴随着急性心肌梗死死亡和住院人数的增加。
媒体对一位重要电视名人因心肌梗死过早离世情况的报道，与InCor心脏医院寻求急诊室的患者数量增加以及患者特征变化有关。与灾难情况不同，这种现象并未伴随着心肌梗死发病率的上升。
