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Background: Considering roles of
social-psychological risk factors, behavior and unhealthy life etiology and
pathogenesis of cardiovascular diseases, this study explores vital exhaustion
and type D personality in patients with heart disease, acute myocardial
infarction and heart failure with normal individuals.
Methods: In the is causal-comparative
study, 100 patients diagnosed with cardiovascular disease (50 patients with
heart failure and 50 with acute myocardial infarction) and 50 healthy
individuals matched with the patient groups were selected. The study instruments were Vital exhaustion
Maastricht questionnaire and Denollet
type D personality form. Multivariate analysis of variance was used for data analysis.
Results: The findings showed that among
heart patients and normal subjects in terms of type D personality and its
components (social inhibition and negative affect) there were significant
differences in vital exhaustion. But no difference was observed between
patients with acute myocardial infarction and heart failure.
Conclusion: Since vital exhaustion and type
D personality are from important risk factors for patients with heart disease, the
results of this study have important implications in the field of education and
health interventions to improve the quality of life of patients with
cardiovascular diseases.
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