Key result
Cardiac anxiety had a significant negative relationship with health-related quality of life (standardized coefficient -0.836), which was significantly moderated by marital satisfaction.
Why the study?
Myocardial infarction has a major impact on health-related quality of life, prompting evaluation of psychosocial and disease-related factors in predicting quality of life in post-myocardial infarction patients in Indonesia.
What psychosocial and disease-related factors predict health-related quality of life in post-myocardial infarction patients?
Cross-Sectional (n=170)
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What psychosocial and disease-related factors predict health-related quality of life in post-myocardial infarction patients?
Effect estimate: Standardized coefficient -0.836
Cardiac anxiety negatively impacts health-related quality of life in post-MI patients, but marital satisfaction can moderate this effect, highlighting the importance of the patient's immediate environment.
Myocardial infarction is one of chronic illnesses that has a major impact to patient’s health related quality of life. This study tested three psychosocial factors (i.e. religious coping behaviour, cardiac anxiety and marital satisfaction) and two disease-related factors (i.e. left ventricular ejection fraction, comorbidity) in predicting health related quality of life in patients with post myocardial infarction in Indonesia. A cross sectional study included 170 patients with myocardial infarction was conducted. The patients completed four questionnaires: MacNew Health Related Quality of Life, Couple Satisfaction Index, Cardiac anxiety Questionnaire, and religious coping behaviour. The theoretical model was tested using structural equation modelling.  Results revealed that cardiac anxiety was negatively associated with health-related quality of life. Marital satisfaction was a significant moderator in the relationship between cardiac anxiety and health related quality of life. There were no significant relationships among patient’s comorbidity, left ventricular ejection fraction, religious coping behaviour and health related quality of life. Results of the study shed the light of the importance of protective effects of patient’s immediate environment in shaping patient’s health related quality of life.
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Wulandari et al. (2019) conducted a cross-sectional in Myocardial Infarction (n=170). Cardiac anxiety had a significant negative relationship with health-related quality of life (standardized coefficient -0.836), which was significantly moderated by marital satisfaction.
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