Al-Sutari Manal, Khraisat Omar
Acute and Chronic Care Nursing Department, Faculty of Nursing Al-Ahliyya Amman University.
College of Nursing King Khalid University, Muhail Asir.
Health Psychol Res. 2025 Apr 6;13:133564. doi: 10.52965/001c.133564. eCollection 2025.
Individuals diagnosed with Coronary Heart Disease (CHD) form specific perceptions about their condition. These illness perceptions (IP) influence several clinical and mental aspects of patients' health outcomes.
To describe IP in Jordanian patients with CHD and to examine the role of IP domains in predicting anxiety and depressive symptoms in Jordanian patients with CHD.
In a cross-sectional study, a convenience sample of 193 patients with CHD, who visited the cardiac clinic for routine follow-up, completed the brief illness perception questionnaire and the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale.
Participants perceived CHD as a chronic condition with moderate negative consequences and they were highly concerned about their illness. Illness perceptions domains were significantly associated with anxiety and depressive symptoms. Personal control, treatment control, and disease identity were significant predictors of depressive symptoms, while personal control and emotional representation were significant predictors of anxiety symptoms.
Findings indicate that negative illness perceptions are strongly associated with anxiety and depressive symptoms. Study findings suggest that interventions targeting personal control, treatment control, identity, and emotional representation could improve CHD patients' mental well-being.
被诊断患有冠心病（CHD）的个体对自身病情会形成特定的认知。这些疾病认知（IP）会影响患者健康结局的多个临床和心理方面。
描述约旦冠心病患者的疾病认知，并探讨疾病认知领域在预测约旦冠心病患者焦虑和抑郁症状方面的作用。
在一项横断面研究中，选取193例到心脏科门诊进行常规随访的冠心病患者作为便利样本，他们完成了简短疾病认知问卷和医院焦虑抑郁量表。
参与者将冠心病视为具有中度负面后果的慢性疾病，并且他们对自己的疾病高度关注。疾病认知领域与焦虑和抑郁症状显著相关。个人控制、治疗控制和疾病认同是抑郁症状的显著预测因素，而个人控制和情绪表征是焦虑症状的显著预测因素。
研究结果表明，负面的疾病认知与焦虑和抑郁症状密切相关。研究结果表明，针对个人控制、治疗控制、认同和情绪表征的干预措施可能会改善冠心病患者的心理健康。
