Malik Mureed Hussain, Muhammad Tahir Khalily, Irshad Ahmad.
Effects of internalizing problems on quality of life among cardiac patients: mediating role of coping strategies..
J Pak Med Assoc Jan ;70(1):64-9.

To study the effects of internalising problems on quality of life among cardiac patients and to explore the mediating role of coping strategies.. The cross-sectional study was conducted at different government and private cardiac and diabetic care centres Multan, Pakistan, from September 2017 to December 2017. Quality of Life Scale, Novaco Anger Scale, Depression, Anxiety and Stress Scale and Brief Cope Inventory were used to collect data. The sample of the study was taken from different government and private cardiac care centres located in Multan city of Pakistan. Of the 300 subjects, 199(66.3%) were males 101(33.7%) were females. Internalized problems were significantly negatively associated with the quality of life (p<0.01). However, coping strategies except dysfunctional focused were significantly positively associated with the quality of life (p<0.01). A significant mediating effect of emotion focused coping, problem focused coping and dysfunctional focused coping was found between internalising problems and quality of life (p<0.01). Internalised problems and coping strategies significantly influenced the quality of life among patients suffering from cardiac diseases.

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