Keren Grinberg
Ruppin Academic Center-Department of Nursing, Emek –Hefer 40250, Israel
Title: Relationship between the Illness Perception of patients with acute myocardial infarction and their Quality of Life
Biography
Biography: Keren Grinberg
Abstract
MI is defined in pathology as myocardial cell death due to prolonged ischemia. After the onset of myocardial ischemia, histological cell death is not immediate, but takes a finite period of time to develop—as little as 20 min, or less in some animal models. One of the goals of treatment is to improve the patient's quality of life . The Illness Perception Questionnaire Revised (IPQ-R) and the Multi-dimensional Quality of Life (QOL) Questionnaire were administrated to 110 acute MI patients (77% men and 23% women). The average age of those sampled was 61. Associations between the variables were determined using Pearson’s correlation coefficient, and linear regression analysis was conducted. This study shows an association between the IP of MI patients and their perceived quality of life. Namely, a patients who perceives his disease in a more positive light sees himself as having a better quality of life (r=0.73, p=0.003). Perceived quality of life will be more lower in patients who thinks his disease is chronic (long duration) and not acute (rs=0.36, p≤0.0001), and the negative feelings attributes to his problem (r=0.42, p=0.02), as long as less sense of control on the disease and the treatment (r=0.039, p=0.003).The components of IP have an effect on the quality of life of acute MI patients. This indicates a need to evaluate and identify the components of the IP among those patients, in order to promote their response to the treatment and their rehabilitation process.