Stress Coping Strategies in Cardiovascular Rehabilitation Patients
Keywords:
Coping styles, psychocardiology, cardiovascular rehabilitationAbstract
Introduction: Knowledge of stress coping strategies in cardiovascular disease is vital to improving the work of the multidisciplinary team and improving patients' quality of life.
Objective: To identify disease coping strategies in patients with heart attack in the convalescent phase enrolled in a cardiovascular rehabilitation program.
Methods: A descriptive, cross-sectional study was conducted using a quantitative paradigm, with a 95% confidence interval (CI) and an associated probability of p ≤ 0.05, with 60 patients enrolled in the cardiovascular rehabilitation program at the Institute of Cardiology and Surgery (from September to December 2024). The Lazarus and Folkman Coping Scale was utilized in the semi-structured psychological interview, and the results were analyzed using SPSS.21 and the statistical test (χ2).
Results: The most common gender was male (63.3%), age ranged from 60–69 years, education level was higher (51.4%) and higher secondary (35.5%), and marital status was married (64.2%). The results of the coping modes scale showed a varied use of coping strategies, with a tendency toward planning (62.3%) (p < 0.06) followed by seeking social support (48.7%) (p < 0.05).
Conclusions: The main coping strategies in patients with heart attack during the convalescent phase were planning and seeking social support, and these
strategies can be translated into a positive attitude toward health recovery.
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