Psychological Resilience as a Predictor of Mental Health and Quality of Life among Patients with Cardiovascular Disease

Abstract

Resilience is basically the bouncing back power of any individual from any kind of difficulties which can be physical, social, emotional or psychological. Resilience plays a vital role in human lives by determining how they will face the upcoming challenges and how they will cope with them. The study serves as to find the impact of resilience on mental health and quality of life in individuals suffering from cardiac problems and when these variables vary, how can they affect the lives of cardiovascular patients. In this cross-sectional research both convenient and purposive sampling technique was used to collected data from (N = 100) participants who had cardiac problems (Age range: 20-65). Resilience was measured with Brief Resilience Scale; Mental Health Inventory scale was used to gauge mental health and Quality of Life was measured with 16-item Quality of Life Scale. The findings showed that there is a significant positive relation between resilience, mental health and quality of life among individuals with cardiac issues. It was also identified that as compared to females, males have high level of resilience. The mental health of high-class individuals was higher than that of middle- and low-class individuals among cardiovascular patients. These results will be very beneficial in many fields like psychology, cardiology, public health and even in the fields like art therapy that encourage individuals’ overall well-being. In conclusion, significantly positive association was found among resilience, quality of life and mental health among cardiovascular patients.

Key words: Resilience, Mental health, Cardiovascular Patients, Quality of life, Psychology, Cardiology, Art therapy.