Illness Perception in Overweight and Obese Patients with Cardiovascular Diseases (CROSBI ID 250488)
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Pokrajac-Bulian, Alessandra ; Ambrosi-Randić, Neala
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Illness Perception in Overweight and Obese Patients with Cardiovascular Diseases
Objective: This study explored the relationship of illness perception with different aspects of cardiac anxiety, general anxiety and depression in a sample of male and female overweight and obese patients with cardiovascular diseases (CVD). Study design: The clinical sample included 165 adults (113 males) aged from 32 to 89 years. The patients were admitted to the Department of Cardiology and Cardiac Rehabilitation for a major cardiovascular event, acute myocardial infarction or myocardial revascularization. Measurements: Psychological measurement included questionnaires of illness perception, cardiac anxiety, general anxiety and depression. Results and conclusions: Illness perception and cardiac anxiety in patients with CVD were associated with anxiety and depression. Regression analysis showed that illness perception accounts for a significant proportion of the variance in both anxiety and depression for males but not for females. Gender- specific interrelations between perceptions of CVD and indices of mental health have an implication for interventions to maximize the effect of therapy with these patients.
illness perceptions ; overweight and obese patients ; cardiovascular diseases ; cardiac anxiety ; depression ; anxiety
This research is a part of the project ‘Biopsychosocial aspects of obesity’ (number: 13.04.1.3.07) supported by grant from University of Rijeka, Croatia
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