COMPARISON OF COPING STRATEGIES WITH STRESS AND RESILIENCE AND OPTIMISM IN NORMAL PEOPLE AND HEART PATIENTS

Among the illnesses that appear to be affected by psychological factors are
cardiovascular disease. The main objective of this study was to compare strategies for coping with stress,
resilience and optimism in normal people and cardiac patients in Rasht city.
Materials & Methods: The method of causal research is comparative and cross-sectional. The statistical
population consisted of 944 people with heart disease referred to the specialist heart center of Dr.
Heshmat Rasht City in 2016- 2017. The sample size is 200 people, including 100 cardiac patients and
100 normal individuals matched with the experimental group that were selected by available sampling.
In this study, the Crisis Stress Questionnaire, Life Orientation Test (Optimism), and Conner and
Davidson Suspension Questionnaire were used. Data were analyzed by multivariate analysis of variance
and SPSS version 20 software.
Results: Findings of the research showed that there is a significant difference between strategies for
coping with stress and optimism in normal people and cardiac patients (F = 104.55, F = 5.94), (P <0.001).
Also, the average resiliency scores in normal subjects (F = 198, 1, 93) were not significantly different
with cardiac patients (P <0.01). In addition, the average of optimism scores in normal people was greater
(P = 0.12) with F (198, 1) F than in cardiac patients (P <0.01).
Conclusion: Therefore, using the creation of workshops and lifestyle changes in people at risk for heart
disease, such as those with a history of heart disease in their first-class family, can provide increased
reticence and optimism, as well as by training pathways coping with stress prevented cardiovascular
disease.