The role of psychological well-being, vital exhaustion and Type D personality in prediction of quality of life among patients with coronary heart disease in Ardabil city

The aim of the present study was to investigate the role of psychological wellbeing,vital exhaustion and Type D personality in prediction of quality of lifeamong patients with coronary heart disease in Ardabil city.Participants wereincluded 106 patients with coronary heart disease requiring coronaryangiography. Psychological Well-being , Health-related Quality of Life , vitalexhaustion and Type D Personality inventories were used in order to gatheringdata . Linear regressions were also used to analyze data. The linear regressionmodel showed that significant baseline predictors for a change in the physicalhealth related quality of life were psychological well-being and the baselinephysical component of health related quality of life. Significant predictors ofchange in the mental health related quality of life were psychological wellbeing,vital exhaustion, and the baseline mental component of quality of life.socioeconomic status (SES) (education) and personality traits were notsignificant in predicting a change in quality of life among our patients.Psychosocial factors (psychological well-being, vital exhaustion) seem to bemore important predictors of change in HRQOL compared with someobjective medical indicators (ejection fraction) among patients with coronarydisease.

Keywords:

Psychological Features , Quality of Life , coronary heart disease