Abstract:
Objective: Quality of life and mental well-being are some of the issues that can play an important role in the disease and its treatment. The purpose of this study was to compare the quality of life and mental well-being of myocardial infarction patients and healthy people. Methods: This is a causal-comparative study with parallel groups. The statistical population of this study was all myocardial infarction patients in Sina hospital in Tehran in 2019. 69 myocardial infarction patients and 72 healthy people were selected by the available sampling method. Data collected to use the Quality of Life Questionnaire (QoL, SF-36) and Psychological Wellbeing Scale (PWB). Data were analyzed by descriptive statistical methods, Mann-Whitney U test, and one-way variance analysis (ANOVA). Results: In terms of quality of life, healthy people were at a higher level compared with patients (F=49.90, P0.05). Also, the dimensions of mental well-being were higher in healthy subjects than in myocardial infarction patients (F=4.41, P0.05). Conclusion: Myocardial infarction patients have a lower quality of life and subjective well-being than healthy people. Based on the results, it is necessary to pay more attention to two variables quality of life and subjective well-being in the design of interventions to reduce the psychological problems, patients with MI.
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The purpose of this study was to compare the quality of life and mental well-being of myocardial infarction patients and healthy people.
quality of life, myocardial infarction patients, mental well-being, healthy people Introduction Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the main cause of mortality in most areas of the world including Iran.
According to studies, MI patients report serious psychological problems, such as high levels of anxiety, depression, and self-criticism, which can affect patients’ health (Sabahi et al.
MI is a chronic illnesse that causes high mortality rate and limitation of life (Seema & Kini, 2012), and some studies have shown that heart problems, such as MI and CVD that have no definitive treatment, affect patients’ mind, behavior, and lifestyle (Aliloo, Yarmohammadi, Asl, Bayat & Hoseini, 2011).
On the other hand, the quality of life, as an indicator of a person’s health status is a multidimensional concept that refers to the mental evaluation of different aspects of life such as cognitive function and well-being (McCarroll, Armbruster, & Frasure, 2014).
96, and this difference is significant (p As shown in Table 3, the mean of patients and healthy people in the physical health subscale is 110.
Teresi and Ocepek-Welikson (2017) in a study on 196 patients with MI and 196 healthy people, showed that there was a significant difference among QoL and general health status components, physical health, psychological and life environment fields in patients and healthy people.
MI patients have lower mental well-being and quality of life versus healthy people.