The Effectiveness of Happening Training on General Health and C-reactive Protein in Coronary Patients

Cardiovascular diseases are the most important cause of mortality in the present. Positive psychological states related to positive outcomes for cardiovascular health. The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of happiness training on general health and hypersensitivity C-reactive protein (hs-CRP) in coronary patients. The present study was a randomized design with a random sampling of 50 subjects from the statistical population of the coronary arteries in two groups of experimental and attention control. Measurements were performed in the pre-test, post-test and follow-up stages. Instruments included the General Health Questionnaire (GHQ28) and the hs-CRP quantitative detection kit. Data were analyzed using, analysis of variance for repeated measures was used. According to the results, general health outcomes, there were significant difference between two groups in measurement stages, but hs-CRP had no significant changes. Happiness intervention is effective on the general health of the cardiac patients and could lead to changes in subscales of this variable. Considering the importance of general health and its subscales, the findings of the present study can lead applicable implications for cardiac patients and specialists.