title: Type of treatment of cardiac disorders--quality of life and heart-focused anxiety: The mediating role of illness perceptions.
abstract: The aim of the present research was to investigate the impact of illness perceptions on quality of life and heart-focused anxiety, in patients with cardiovascular disease (N = 106) admitted in the hospital, undergoing medication or who had undergone surgery. The influence of the type of treatment on the heart-focused anxiety and on the quality of life was mediated by illness perceptions. Consequently, patients who have undergone cardiac surgery have a better quality of life and lower levels of heart-focused anxiety than those relying only on medication to treat their illness.
authors.affiliation: a Clinical Psychology Department , Alexandru Ioan Cuza University , Iasi , Romania.
authors.forename: Gabriela Monica
authors.initials: GM
authors.lastname: Panzaru
authors.forename: Andrei
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Holman
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001007:Anxiety / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006331:Heart Diseases / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000523:psychology / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011788:Quality of Life / Q000523:psychology*
keywords: cardiovascular disease; heart-focused anxiety; illness perceptions; quality of life; surgery