Key result
The PEACE positive psychology intervention significantly improved life satisfaction and reduced anxiety, depression, and negative emotions compared to control in patients after open-heart surgery.
Why the study?
The study evaluated the effectiveness of PEACE, a program teaching positive emotions, in patients after open-heart surgery.
Does the PEACE positive psychology intervention improve life satisfaction and positive emotions, and reduce negative emotions, depression, anxiety, and stress in patients who have experienced open-heart surgery?
RCT (n=15)
Randomly assigned
Yes
Does the PEACE positive psychology intervention improve life satisfaction and positive emotions, and reduce negative emotions, depression, anxiety, and stress in patients who have experienced open-heart surgery?
Absolute Event Rate: 29% vs 23.17%
p-value: p=0.008
A positive psychology intervention (PEACE) significantly improved life satisfaction and reduced anxiety, depression, and negative emotions in patients recovering from open-heart surgery.
Supports adjunctive positive psychology in post-open-heart surgery care; extends RCT evidence for psychosocial interventions in cardiac recovery.
The study aims to evaluate PEACE’s effectiveness, a program that teaches positive emotions in patients after open-heart surgery. The sample consists of 15 patients (9 in the intervention group, 6 in the control group) aged 45 to 75. The results indicated a statistically significant improvement in anxiety, depression, negative affect and life satisfaction in the intervention group. However, there were no differences for stress and positive emotions in post measures. The control group had no statistically significant changes. Also, the intervention group was superior to the control group in the post-measurements on all the variables, except for the positive emotions. Health and mental health professionals should attend PEACE (Positive Emotions after Acute Cardiac Events) training in order to offer overall caring to patients suffering from cardiac problems.
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Kanellakis et al. (2022) conducted an RCT in Open-heart surgery (n=15). PEACE (Positive Emotions after Acute Cardiac Events) program vs. Control group (no intervention) was evaluated on Life satisfaction (Satisfaction with Life Scale) (p=0.008). The PEACE positive psychology intervention significantly improved life satisfaction and reduced anxiety, depression, and negative emotions compared to control in patients after open-heart surgery.
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