Fear of cardiovascular disease progression: Anxiety, depression, quality of life, family support and knowledge of the disease

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Abstract: Introduction: The Cardiovascular disease currently is one of the main causes of mortality in all countries that in spite of available high-tech surgeries and treatments have high mortality rate permanently. This study aims to determine the relation between anxiety and depression, quality of life, social support and patients’ literacy with fear from disease progress in patients with cardiovascular disease. Methods: This is a cross sectional study that its required data collected from Tabriz Shahid Madani Hospital patients in 2014 with interview using a researcher made questionnaire that its validity and reliability approved from expert panel and a pilot study with the number of 15 patients (82% for Krunbachs’ Alfa) by test-retest method. The study sample size determined 180 using Morgan’s Table and convenience method applied to sampling. The obtained data firstly analyzed descriptive, then analytical assess done by T-test, Chi squire and ANOVA by SPSS 17 and generally the P<0/05 was significant. Results: In this study, the 80% of patients were in 50-69 year age range and 66% of them were male. The average scores of affected variable in cardiovascular disease treatment, disease prevalence variable, fear from this disease, social support, quality of life, depression and anxiety were 18.20 (±3.42), 31.75 (±6.07), 39.10 (±6.15), 30.26 (±4.25), 81.37 (±11.88) and 40.88 (±9.05) respectively. From the assessed variables, the relationship between social support with education and disease duration, so between fear from disease with quality of life aspects, effective factor on prevalence, fear, anxiety and knowledge related disease were significant (P<0/05). Conclusion: By regarding the lack of same studies in this domain for using in planning and better service delivery, the results of this study could help mangers and policy makers.