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The Effectiveness of Positive Psychotherapy on Health-Promoting Lifestyle and Self-Care in Cardiovascular Patients
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Zeinab Payam   , Hossein Bigdeli * , Javad Khalatbari |
| & Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, ET.C., Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran. , h.bigdeli@iauet.ac.ir |
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Introduction: Implementing psychological interventions to enhance the psychological well-being and empowerment of cardiovascular patients is of great importance. Therefore, the present study aimed to determine the effectiveness of positive psychotherapy on health-promoting lifestyle and self-care behaviors in cardiovascular patients.
Methods: This study was a semi-experimental design with a pretest-posttest and three-month follow-up, including a control group. The statistical population consisted of all cardiovascular patients who were referred to the Bandar Mahshahr Heart Hospital during the second half of 2024. Thirty-two patients were purposively selected and randomly assigned into two groups: experimental (16 participants) and control (16 participants). Individuals in the experimental group underwent 12 60-minute sessions of positive psychotherapy individually. Participants completed the Health-Promoting Lifestyle Profile (Walker et al., 1987) and the European Heart Failure Self-Care Behavior Scale (Jaarsma et al., 2009). Data were analyzed using multivariate repeated measures ANOVA via SPSS-24 software.
Results: Findings showed that positive psychotherapy significantly improved health-promoting lifestyle (p=0.01, F=18.29, η²=0.38) and self-care (p=0.01, F=9.79, η²=0.25) in the intervention group compared to the control group (p<0.05). This significant difference persisted at the follow-up stage, indicating the durability of the positive psychotherapy effects.
Conclusion: Positive psychotherapy is an effective intervention to improve lifestyle and self-care behaviors in cardiovascular patients and can be used as a complementary approach alongside medical treatments. Its implementation by mental health professionals contributes to enhancing patients’ quality of life and improving clinical outcomes. These findings are valuable for designing multidimensional interventions for chronic patients. It is recommended that the results of this study be considered in the development of such interventions.
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| Keywords: positive psychotherapy, health-promoting lifestyle, self-care |
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Type of Study: Research |
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Received: 2025/01/26 | Accepted: 2025/07/15 | Published: 2025/08/1 | ePublished: 2025/08/1
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