Key result
Positive affirmation therapy significantly reduces depression, anxiety, and stress in CVD patients.
Why the study?
Positive affirmation may improve psychological well-being by reducing stress, anxiety, and depression in patients with cardiovascular disease, but its effect needed investigation.
Does positive affirmation audio recording reduce stress, anxiety, and depression in patients with cardiovascular disease?
RCT (n=60)
randomized
No
Does positive affirmation audio recording reduce stress, anxiety, and depression in patients with cardiovascular disease?
Positive affirmation therapy may serve as an effective non-pharmacological intervention to improve psychological well-being in patients with cardiovascular disease.
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Supports adding positive affirmation audio to CVD care; extends RCT evidence for non-pharmacological psychological interventions.
Positive affirmation has been found to improve psychological well-being by enhancing self-esteem, promoting positive thinking, and reducing negative emotions such as stress, anxiety and depression. The aim of the study was to investigate the effect of positive affirmation on stress, anxiety and depression in patients who have cardiovascular disease. This study adopted a randomized controlled pretest-posttest follow-up research design. The study was conducted at selected hospital, Chennai. The sample consisted of 60 patients randomized into two groups: intervention (n = 30) and control (n = 30). The participants of the intervention group listened to positive affirmation audio recording. The control and experimental groups were pretested by using a demographic questionnaire, and scale of depression, anxiety, and stress DASS-42 were used, and the acquired information were analysed by using inferential and descriptive statistical methods accompanied by SPSS 21 software. The results indicated that the positive affirmation therapy significantly reduced depression, anxiety, and stress in patients with cardio vascular disease.
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Thulasi et al. (2024) conducted an RCT in Cardiovascular disease (n=60). Positive affirmation audio recording vs. Control was evaluated on Depression, anxiety, and stress (DASS-42). Positive affirmation therapy significantly reduced depression, anxiety, and stress in patients with cardiovascular disease.
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