The cardiac distress inventory: A new measure of psychosocial distress associated with an acute cardiac event.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Many challenges are posed by the experience of a heart attack or heart surgery which can be characterised as 'cardiac distress'. It spans multiple psychosocial domains incorporating patients' responses to physical, affective, cognitive, behavioural and social symptoms and experiences related to their cardiac event and their recovery. Although some measures of the psychological and emotional impacts of a cardiac event exist, none provides a comprehensive assessment of cardiac distress. To address this gap, the study aimed to develop a Cardiac Distress Inventory (CDI) using best practice in instrument design.

Method

An item pool was generated through analysis of cognate measures, mostly in relation to other health conditions and through focus group and individual re

SUBMITTER: Jackson AC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9633013 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature