Positive psychological profiles based on perceived health clustering in patients with cardiovascular disease: a longitudinal study.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Psychological well-being and sociodemographic factors have been associated with cardiovascular health. Positive psychological well-being research is limited in the literature; as such, this study aimed to investigate how patients with cardiovascular disease could be classified according to their perceived mental and physical health, and to identify positive psychological profiles based on this classification and test their stability over time.

Design and setting

Longitudinal study with patients from a public hospital located in Córdoba (Spain).

Participants

This study comprised 379 cardiovascular patients (87.3% men) tested at three measurement points.

Outcome measures

Participants reported their sociodemographic variables (age, sex, educational leve

SUBMITTER: Castillo-Mayen R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8130737 | biostudies-literature | 2021 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature