Abstract:
The purpose of the present research was to examine the effect of cognitive-behavioral stress management on health locus of control and resilience in patients with coronary artery disease. This research was quasi-experimental with pre-test, post-test and control group. The statistical population of this research consisted of all patients aged 40-65 years with coronary artery disease who were referred to Kasra Hospital in Tehran in 2019. The sample was 90 patients who were selected from the research population and assigned into the two experimental and control groups. Data were collected using the Multidimensional Health Locus of Control Scale and Resilience Scale. The research data were analyzed using Multivariate analysis of covariance (MANCOVA). The results showed that the cognitive-behavior stress management significantly increased internal health locus of control and resilience in the experimental group (P<0.01). Cognitive-behavioral stress management may lead to a change in one's self-awareness and abilities through cognitive challenge, cognitive error detection and thought replacement, which in turn can increases individual’s sense of containment and cognitive control.
Machine summary:
Cognitive-behavioral, Stress management, Health locus of control, Resilience, Coronary artery disease Introduction Coronary Artery Disease (CAD) is the leading cause of increasing burden of disease worldwide (Giuliano, Parmenter, Baker, Mitchell, Williams, Lyndon, et al.
Based on the results of this study, behavioral cognitive stress management training can increase the quality of life and reduce the clinical rate of patients with heart disease.
Given above mentioned and the psychological problems of this group of patients and determining the impact of these interventions in the country, the present study seeks to answer the main question of how cognitive-behavioral stress management training affects the health locus of control and resilience in patients with coronary heart disease regarding that there are not too many researches about the effectiveness of Cognitive-Behavioral Stress Management on this group of patients.
25) at P Discussion and Conclusion Based on the findings of the study, the hypothesis stating “cognitive-behavioral stress management group therapy is effective in health locus of control of patients with coronary heart disease.
In other words, cognitive-behavioral stress management group therapy has significantly increased the internal health locus of control in patients with coronary heart disease in the post-test of experimental group.
In this regard, on the effectiveness of cognitive- behavioral stress management group therapy on the health locus of control in coronary heart disease patients, Ridiot, et al.
Based on the findings of the study, the hypothesis stating "cognitive-behavioral stress management group therapy is effective in the resilience of coronary heart disease patients" was confirmed.