Personality, coping style, mental status and quality of life in patients with coronary heart disease
HAN Zhen
YAN Jie
CHU Chen
Abstract：Objective To analyze the personality, coping style, mental status and quality of life (QOL) in patients with coronary heart disease (CHD).Methods The patients (n=58, male 39, female 19, aged from 35 to 78 and average age=53.91±7.20) were chosen as study group from Feb. 2012 to Feb. 2014. Other cases with physical examinations (n=58, male 42 and female16) were chosen as control group. The scores from Eysenck Personality Questionnaire (EPQ), Medical Coping Modes Questionnaire (MCMQ), symptom check list-90 (SCL-90) and general quality of life inventory (GQOLI) were compared between 2 groups.Results In EPQ, score E and score N were significantly higher in study group than those in control group [(68.12±10.45)vs. (51.34±10.59)], [(63.84±11.03) vs. (48.51±10.21), allP<0.01]. In MCMQ, confronting score [(17.21±3.87)vs. (20.23±4.51)] was significantly lower, and yielding score [(13.87±4.02)vs. (10.87±3.75)] was higher in study group than those in control group (all P<0.05). In SCL-90, the scores of somatization, obsession, interpersonal sensitivity, depression, anxiety, hostility, terrifying and stubborn were all significantly higher in study group than those in control group (allP<0.05). In GQOLI, the scores of body function [(52.34±11.77)vs. (65.89±13.89)], psychological function [(51.34±12.09) vs. (66.76±12.87)], social function [(55.09±11.52)vs. (65.87±13.09)] were all significantly lower in study group than those in control group (allP<0.05).Conclusion Compared with normal persons, CHD patients are poor in the aspects of personality, coping style, psychological state and QOL, which should be paid more attention to in clinic.
Keywords：Coronary heart diseaseMentalityPersonalityCoping style
Publication Date：2015-01-01
Online Publishing Date：2025-08-15(First online date of this platform, not the publication date of the document)
Pages：3( 656-658 )