Does it matter what patients think? The relationship between changes in patients' beliefs about angina and their psychological and functional status

Furze, Gill; Lewin, Robert; Murberg, Terje A.; Bull, Peter; Thompson, David R.

doi:10.1016/j.jpsychores.2005.06.071

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“…The patients' attitudes and cognitions have a significant impact on the course of disease progression in all phases of disease experience, including understanding the signs, looking for a reason related to the disease, and changes in individuals' behavior (8). For example, patients with more myths have higher anxiety and lower physical function (12).…”

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Attitudes Toward Cardiovascular Disease Risk Factors Among Patients Referred to a Cardiac Rehabilitation Center: Importance of Psychological Attitudes

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Background:Patients' understanding of heart diseases and their related experiences can affect education and prevention of coronary heart diseases. As the patients' beliefs play a crucial role in the development of effective therapeutic relationship, psychological adjustment, and compliance with treatment recommendations. Objectives: The purpose of this study was to investigate the attitudes toward psychological risk factors for cardiovascular disease among patients referred to a cardiac rehabilitation center in Imam Ali Hospital in Kermanshah, Iran. Patients and Methods:This cross-sectional study was performed on 775 patients referred to a cardiac rehabilitation unit in Imam Ali hospital in Kermanshah, Iran. Data were collected using clinical interview, patients' medical records, and Millon clinical multiaxial inventory (MCMI-III), and analyzed by descriptive statistics, including mean, standard deviation, and chi-square test. Statistical analyses were performed using SPSS software version 18. Results: The patients believed that the main cause of their illness is behavioral risk factors (42.0%). Then, they referred to psychological (36.3%), biological (4.3%), and environmental (3.8%) factors, respectively. 10.4% of the patients were not aware of the cause of their illness. Also, stress is the most important factor among the psychological factors (27.5%). The results showed that there was a significant difference among the patients in term of four attitudes (χ 2 = 820.356; P < 0.01); and behavioral and psychological attitudes (χ 2 = 6.025; P < 0.05). In fact, the patients identified behavioral problems as the main cause of their illness. Conclusions: According to the patients' attitudes, after the behavioral factors, psychological factors are the second cause of heart diseases. Therefore, ignoring these factors by members of the medical teams may lead to a poor performance of the treatments. As these factors are controllable, learning to control and manage them can prevent the development of subsequent cardiovascular events.

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“…Studies show that patients' beliefs about angina are associated with psychological and functional status of these patients. Patients with more myths are more anxious and have lower physical function than the other patients (12).…”

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Attitudes Toward Cardiovascular Disease Risk Factors Among Patients Referred to a Cardiac Rehabilitation Center: Importance of Psychological Attitudes

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“…• They address any cardiac or other misconceptions (including any about cardiac rehabilitation) and illness perceptions that lead to increased disability and distress [34][35][36] .…”

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Cardiorespiratory fitness, oxygen pulse and heart rate response following the MyAction programme

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Br J Cardiol

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“…Based on a report by Hirani (2005), at all the stages of experiencing a disease, a patient's cognitions or in other words, perception of the symptoms, search for the attributes of the underlying cause, and behavioral changes to influence the course and development of the illness, has a significant effect on the progression of the disease (10). It has also been demonstrated that patients with more maladaptive beliefs about risk factors are more anxious and have a weaker physical performance than other patients (11). It can, thus, be argued that patients' health is allied to behaviors arising from knowledge and awareness (10) and that their beliefs about risk factors may even determine their health behavior (12).…”

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Those who perceive their disease as a physiological or psychological risk factor experience more anxiety at the beginning of the cardiac rehabilitation program

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Does it matter what patients think? The relationship between changes in patients' beliefs about angina and their psychological and functional status

Cited by 61 publications

References 13 publications

Attitudes Toward Cardiovascular Disease Risk Factors Among Patients Referred to a Cardiac Rehabilitation Center: Importance of Psychological Attitudes

Attitudes Toward Cardiovascular Disease Risk Factors Among Patients Referred to a Cardiac Rehabilitation Center: Importance of Psychological Attitudes

Cardiorespiratory fitness, oxygen pulse and heart rate response following the MyAction programme

Those who perceive their disease as a physiological or psychological risk factor experience more anxiety at the beginning of the cardiac rehabilitation program

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