THE EFFECT OF POSITIVE THINKING TRAINING ON STRESS, ANXIETY AND DEPRESSION IN CORONARY HEART DISEASE

One out of every five deaths that occur in the world linked to coronary artery
disease. Depression, anxiety and stress are the most common consequences of this disease are more
severe course of the disease. One way to deal with stress, anxiety and depression positive thinking as a
new branch of psychology is the scientific study of human strength and joy intends.This study aimed to
determine the effect of positive thinking on stress, anxiety and depression in patients with coronary
artery heart of the city TAKAB has done.
Materials & Methods: This study is a clinical trial pretest-posttest that 60 patients with coronary heart
disease who met the inclusion criteria were randomly assigned to two groups: control (n = 30) and
intervention (n = 30) were studied allocation. Data through demographic questionnaire and DASS-21
questionnaire has collected. SPSS software through descriptive and analytical data (t-test) analyzed.
Results: The mean scores of depression, anxiety and stress before the study intervention and control
groups showed no significant difference but after the intervention indicated a significant difference in
the scores of the two groups of intervention and control has observed. (P <0/05)
Conclusion: The results showed that depression, anxiety and stress in patients with coronary heart
disease after training the experimental group with different control i.e. positive thinking positive
thinking training reduces depression, anxiety and stress in coronary heart disease