Variable | n(%) |
---|---|
Socio-demographic factors | |
 Age, mean (SD) | 58.9 ± 10.1 |
 Gender | |
  Female | 272 (26.6) |
  Male | 750 (73.4) |
 Marital status | |
  Married | 926 (90.6) |
  Not married | 96 (9.4) |
 Residence | |
  City | 474 (46.4) |
  Village | 473 (46.3) |
  Camp | 75 (7.3) |
 Education degree | |
  No HS diploma | 600 (58.7) |
  HS diploma | 167 (16.3) |
  College degree | 255 (25.0) |
 Occupation | |
  Professional | 209 (20.5) |
  Non-professional | 307 (30.0) |
  Unemployed | 378 (37.0) |
  Retired | 81 (7.9) |
  House wife | 47 (4.6) |
Clinical factors | |
 Cardiac diagnosis | |
  CAD | 334 (32.7) |
  MI | 406 (39.7) |
  Angina | 162 (15.9) |
  Other | 120 (11.7) |
 Previous cardiac diagnosis | |
  Yes | 690 (67.5) |
  No | 332 (32.5) |
 Years with cardiac disease | |
  ≤ 1 year | 628 (61.5) |
  2–9 years | 255 (24.9) |
  ≥ 10 years | 139 (13.6) |
 Cardiac treatment (at admission) | |
  CATH/stent | 534 (52.2) |
  CATH/CABG | 240 (23.5) |
  CATH/other & unknown | 248 (24.3) |
 Co-morbidities | |
  None | 299 (29.3) |
  One | 303 (29.6) |
  Two or more | 420 (41.1) |
 Medications | |
  None | 132 (12.9) |
  1–2 | 152 (14.9) |
  3–4 | 738 (72.2) |
 Somatic symptoms (PHQ-15) | |
  Minimal | 91 (8.9) |
  Low | 241 (23.6) |
  Medium | 314 (30.7) |
  High | 376 (36.8) |
 Family history | |
  Yes | 614 (60.1) |
  No | 408 (39.9) |
 QoL, (SF-12-PCS score), mean (SD) | 37.6 ± 12.4 |
Psychosocial factors | |
 PTSD (PTSD-PCL-S) | |
  Minimal | 611 (59.7) |
  Some | 95 (9.3) |
  Moderate | 253 (24.8) |
  High | 63 (6.2) |
 Social support (ESSI) | |
  Low | 364 (35.6) |
  High | 658 (64.4) |
 Resilience (RS) | |
  Very low | 92 (9.0) |
  Low | 103 (10.1) |
  Low-end | 204 (20.0) |
  Moderate | 257 (25.1) |
  Moderately-high | 274 (26.8) |
  High | 92 (9.0) |
 Self-esteem (SE) score, mean (SD) | 5.8 ± 1.4 |
 QoL,(SF-12-MCS score), mean (SD) | 39.7 ± 13.2 |
Lifestyle factors | |
 Smoking status | |
  Never | 364 (35.6) |
  Former | 170 (16.6) |
  Current | 488 (47.8) |
 Currently on diet | |
  Yes | 170 (16.6) |
  No | 852 (83.4) |
 Fat consumption | |
  Low | 480 (47.0) |
  Medium | 323 (31.6) |
  High | 219 (21.4) |
 Vegetable & fruit consumption | |
  Low | 102 (10.0) |
  Medium | 353 (34.5) |
  High | 567 (55.5) |
 Alcohol use, (n = 1019) | |
  Yes | 49 (4.8) |
  No | 973 (95.2) |
 Physical activity | |
  None | 337 (33.0) |
  Not daily | 189 (18.5) |
  Daily | 496 (48.5) |