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Stress, cognitive appraisal, coping, and event free survival in patients with heart failure
Abdullah S Alhurani1, Rebecca Dekker2, Muayyad Ahmad1
1The University of Jordan, Amman, Jordan.
Objectives:
To describe self-reported stress level, cognitive appraisal and coping among patients with heart failure (HF), and to examine the association of cognitive appraisal and coping strategies with event-free survival.
Methods:
This was a prospective, longitudinal, descriptive study of patients with chronic HF. Assessment of stress, cognitive appraisal, and coping was performed using Perceived Stress Scale, Cognitive Appraisal Health Scale, and Brief COPE scale, respectively. The event-free survival was defined as cardiac rehospitalization and all-cause death.
Results:
A total of 88 HF patients (mean age 58 ± 13 years and 53.4% male) participated. Linear and cox regression showed that harm/loss cognitive appraisal was associated with avoidant emotional coping (β = -0.28; 95% CI: -0.21 - 0.02; p = 0.02) and event free survival (HR = 0.53; 95% CI: 0.28 - 1.02; p = 0.05).
Conclusions:
The cognitive appraisal of the stressors related to HF may lead to negative coping strategies that are associated with worse event-free survival.
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