Comparison of Resiliency and depression in cardiac patients and normal people

Background: Longterm chronic diseases such as AIDS, cancer and heartdisease affect patients’ attitude, always create crises in individuals’ life.The main purpose of this study was to compare the situation resiliency anddepression in cardiac patients with healthy People.   Methods: Duringa descriptive of causal–comparative study and using convenience sampling 106cardiac patients (58 women and 48 men) were selected from Motahari Hospital in Jahromcity in 2013. Also 102 healthy volunteers (52 females and 50 males) based ondemographic variables matched with the patient groups were selected. BeckDepression Inventory  and ResiliencyScale and Connor Davison were administered to participants. Databased on level of 95%  were analyzedusing SPSS v.16. Finding:Independent ttest revealed a significant increase in depression scores andsignificant reduction in resiliency between people with heart disease andnormal samples (p<0.001). Inaddition, analysis of variances revealed that women are better than men at resiliency(p<0.003). Theeducation level was positively associated with resiliency in coping with thediseases (p<0.011). Conclusion: resiliency plays mediating role in heart disease outset,and its low levels are as a risk factor for people with cardiovascular disease.