Predicting Heart Function Based on Type D Personality and Depression in Acute Myocardial Infarction Patients

Psychological factors play an essential role in many cardiovascular diseases. This study was designed to predict heart function based on type D personality and depression in patients with acute myocardial infarction.
 
Materials: This research was a correlational study. The statistical population of this study included all 234 patients with acute myocardial infarction ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction who had referred to Fatemeh Zahra Hospital in Sari city in 2019 which had underwent percutaneous coronary intervention. Using the Cochran's formula, 144 patients were selected by available method and responded to the D personality questionnaire of Denolet and Depression Inventory Short of Beck.

Findings revealed a significant relationship between D personality and depression with heart function [P<0.01]. Also it can be stated that D personality and depression can predict heart function [P≤0.01].

Type D personality and depression play a role in the incidence of heart disease and the prognosis of patients with myocardial infarction. Screening for this personality type along with the depressive disorder in heart function is required by therapists.