Prevalence of Anxiety, Depression and Coping Styles in Myocardial Infarction Patients Hospitalized in Isfahan Hospitals



Bagherian R¹ ; Maroofi M¹ ; Gol MF² ; Zare F² Show Affiliations
Source: Journal of Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences Published:2010

Abstract

Background and purpose: Coping strategies, anxiety and depressive symptoms are major problems of post myocardial infarction patients. As the number of investigations studying on such complications was limited, this study was to determine the prevalence of anxiety, depressive symptoms and coping styles among post-MI patients. Materials and methods: In a cross-sectional study one hundred consecutive MI patients admitted to the CCU wards of hospitals in Isfahan were recruited. The patients completed Jalowiec Coping questionnaire and Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS) sheets. Then the data was analyzed using Chi-squared test, Pearson correlation coefficient, MANCOVA and Covariance. Results: The mean anxiety and depression subscales were 10.22 and 9.28 respectively. Of all cases, 42% and 31% showed anxiety and depressive symptoms, respectively. The means of proportional scores for coping styles were 0.68 for self-reliant and 0.49 for emotive coping styles, which are the most used and the least used methods by the post myocardial infarction patients respectively. Conclusion: Self-reliant, Optimistic, Confrontive and Supportant coping styles were the most coping styles used by post MI patients, in that order. The problem-oriented function of these coping styles dominates the emotional-oriented function.