title: [Anxiety, depression, health-related control beliefs, and their association with health behavior in patients with ischemic heart disease].
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Psychological and lifestyle factors affect the development and outcome of heart disease considerably.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  The aims of the authors were to examine health control, level of anxiety and depression and to analyse their relationship with health behaviour in patients with ischemic heart disease.
  
  
  METHODS
  The present cross-sectional study involved 116 patients who took part in residential cardiac rehabilitation (56.9% men, mean age: 57.65±8.22 years).
  
  
  RESULTS
  30.9% of the patients reported elevated anxiety and 21.9% increased depressive symptomatology. Social-external control belief was the strongest among respondents. Further, anxiety and depression were negatively associated with healthy diet and the frequency of exercise. Patients with stronger social-external control beliefs were more likely to seek medical attention if they suspected a disease.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  It is important to assess psychological risk factors linked to cardiovascular diseases in cardiac rehabilitation departments and to initiate psychological interventions if indicated.
authors.affiliation: Pszichiátriai Klinika, Szegedi Tudományegyetem, Klinikai Központ, Általános Orvostudományi Kar Szeged.
authors.forename: Beatrix
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Rafael
authors.forename: Barna
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Konkolÿ Thege
authors.forename: Péter
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Kovács
authors.forename: Piroska
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Balog
mesh_terms: D001007:Anxiety / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology*; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D003466:Cultural Characteristics; D003863:Depression / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology*; D015444:Exercise; D005247:Feeding Behavior; D005260:Female; D015438:Health Behavior; D006304:Health Status; D006801:Humans; D006814:Hungary / Q000453:epidemiology; D007389:Internal-External Control; D008019:Life Style; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D017202:Myocardial Ischemia / Q000523:psychology* / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D018570:Risk Assessment; D012307:Risk Factors; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires
keywords: anxiety; depression; depresszió; egészség-magatartás; egészségkontrollhit; health behaviour; health-related control beliefs; ischaemiás szívbetegség; ischemic heart disease; szorongás