| Number | Patients | Age | Marital status | Heart surgery | Breast surgery | Traumatic life events |
| 1 | Lena | 60 | Divorced | x | x | Divorce; death of a 2nd boyfriend; abandonment of a 3rd boyfriend |
| 2 | 58 | Married |
| x | Death of a son age 21 | |
| 3 | Fatima | 49 | Married | x |
| Death of a sister age 5 |
| 4 | Sofia | 68 | Married |
| x | Hard work from a young age |
| 5 | Cristal | 36 | Single |
| x | Father left home when she was 4 |
| 6 | Marina | 74 | Widow | Takotsubo |
| Death of a husband |
| 7 | Vivian | 42 | Divorced | x |
| Divorce; death of a father when she was 14 |