Abstract

PEREZ MARTINEZ, Deilys et al. Protective and destabilizing psychological factors in patients with ischemic heart disease. Multimed [online]. 2022, vol.26, n.4  Epub July 18, 2022. ISSN 1028-4818.

In the current study of cardiac pathologies, psychological factors are increasingly considered due to the relevant role they have in the evolution of these diseases. The objective of this work was to determine the main protective and destabilizing psychological factors that manifest themselves in patients with ischemic heart disease. To this end, a descriptive cross-sectional study was carried out in patients with ischemic heart disease treated in the cardiology service of the "Celia Sánchez Manduley" Clinical Surgical Hospital, in the municipality of Manzanillo, in the period October-December 2019.The universe consisted of 60 patients with ischemic heart disease. In the study, 78.33% of the patients were over 60 years old, 40 patients were men and 75% belonged to the urban area. The main protective psychological factors present were social support reported by all participants and therapeutic compliance in 91.67% of the studied population. Among the destabilizing psychological factors, the one with the highest report was the anxiety present in 66.66% of the patients included in the study. Both the protective psychological factors must be taken into account in order to enhance them and generate a better general condition of the patient, as well as the destabilizing psychological factors that generate decompensation and must be addressed with intentionality once identified.

Keywords : World Health Organization; Cardiovascular system; Cardiovascular diseases; Heart.

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