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Psycho-Social Factors in Patients with Cardiovascular Disease Attending a Family-Centred Prevention and Rehabilitation Programme: EUROACTION Model in Spain.

Isabel TraperoCatriona JenningsCristina BuiguesJose Antonio De VelascoAntonio Salvador-sanzDavid R. WoodDavid R. WoodAna Queralt

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medicine.medical_specialtymedicine.medical_treatmentConcordanceDisease030204 cardiovascular system & hematologyGeneral Biochemistry Genetics and Molecular BiologyArticle03 medical and health sciences0302 clinical medicineIntervention (counseling)Medicine030212 general & internal medicinelcsh:ScienceEcology Evolution Behavior and SystematicsDepression (differential diagnoses)Cause of deathRehabilitationbusiness.industrycardiovascular preventionPaleontologyanxietySpace and Planetary ScienceFamily medicineinterdisciplinarydepressionAnxietylcsh:Qnurse-coordinated programmemedicine.symptomillness perceptionbusinessPsychosocial

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Background: Coronary heart disease (CHD) persists as the leading cause of death worldwide. Cardiovascular prevention and rehabilitation (CVPR) has an interdisciplinary focus, and includes not only in physiological components, but it also addresses psycho-social factors. Methods: The study analysed the Spanish psycho-social data collected during the EUROACTION study. In Spain, two hospitals were randomised in the Valencia community. Coronary patients were prospectively and consecutively identified in both hospitals. The intervention hospital carried out a 16-week CVPR programme, which aimed to assess illness perceptions and establish healthy behaviours in patients and their partners. Results: Illness perceptions were significantly and inversely associated with anxiety and depression. Low levels of anxiety were associated with better self-management of total cholesterol (p = 0.004) and low-density lipoprotein-cholesterol (p = 0.004). There was concordance at one year among patients and partners who participated in the programme related to anxiety (p &lt

yearjournalcountryeditionlanguage
2021-01-26Life (Basel, Switzerland)
10.3390/life11020089https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33530575