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Illness perceptions as predictive factors for anxiety and depressive symptoms among patients with coronary heart disease

Manal AlSutari1 ,  Omar Khraisat2
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1 Acute and Chronic Care Nursing Department, Faculty of Nursing, AlAhliyya Amman University
2 College of Nursing, King Khalid University, Muhail Asir
HPR 2025 , 13(1), 1; https://doi.org/10.52965/001c.133564
Submitted: 29 October 2024 | Accepted: 5 February 2025 | Published: 5 April 2025
© 2025 by the Author(s). Licensee Health Psychology Research, USA. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution -Noncommercial 4.0 International License (CC BY-NC 4.0) ( https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ )
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Abstract

Background
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.

Objective
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.

Methods
In a cross-sectional study, a convenience sample of 193 patients with CHD, who visited the cardiac clinic for routine followup, completed the brief illness perception questionnaire and the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale.

Results
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.

Conclusion
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

Keywords
Coronary disease
perception
anxiety
depression
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