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A STUDY ON TREATING HEART PATIENTS BY ENHANCING POSITIVE EMOTIONS THROUGH POSITIVE PSYCHOLOGY INTERVENTION

Dr Muhammad Uman, Dr Umar Ayoub, Dr Salman Saddique

Introduction: Coronary artery disease (CAD) is the leading cause of death worldwide. making it a major public health problem. Aims and objectives: The basic aim of the study is to analyse the treatment of heart patients by enhancing positive emotions through positive psychology intervention. Material and methods: This descriptive study was conducted in THQ Hospital, Fortabbas during January 2019 to July 2019. This study was done with the permission of ethical committee of hospital. The data was collected from 100 patients who was suffering from heart diseases. The data was collected through a questionnaire. Results: The data was collected from 100 patients. There were no significant differences in baseline characteristics between those participants with available data and dropouts, though dropouts trended toward higher rates of CABG. Mean age was 56.6 +/− 8.7, 42 (76%) were men, and diabetes (n=14; 25%) was the most common medical comorbidity. There were no differences in characteristics (all p>.05) between PPI and control participants. Conclusion: It is concluded that positive psychology intervention enhances positive emotions like happiness, optimism, gratitude, etc. and decreases the risk for the incidence of coronary heart disease.

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