Objective: Anxiety is highly prevalent following myocardial infarction (MI) and is linked with
adverse effects on a person's recovery, quality of life, physical health, and life expectancy …

Objective Patients' expectations have been shown to predict the course and treatment
success of a variety of medical conditions. Therefore, expectation-focused psychological …

Background Psychosocial models including illness perception might explain individual
differences in health-related quality of life (HRQoL) and daily functioning in chronically ill …

Background Knowing of perception of the illness, and cardiovascular risk factors in patients
with myocardial infarction is crucial in engaging in effective secondary prevention. This study …

Endometriosis is related to adverse quality of life (QoL) and wellbeing outcomes. The way in
which endometriosis is perceived by individuals experiencing the condition has not been …

Abstract Background and Purpose: Post-stroke anxiety (PSA) is common and disabling. PSA
should be considered as an important outcome in stroke. However, there is a lack of …

Introduction Anxiety and depression can worsen outcome in patients with heart disease. We
elucidate the prevalence of anxiety and depression in a cohort of adults with congenital …

Background Illness perceptions are cognitive frameworks that patients construct to make
sense of their illness. Although the importance of these perceptions has been demonstrated …

Introduction: Because of the chronic nature of Heart Failure (HF), low Quality of Life (QoL)
and poor self-care are prevalent among patients with HF. Thus, the aim of this study was to …

Objective First, to compare QOL and illness perceptions between patients with a Fontan
circulation and patients with anatomically simple defects (ie, atrial septal defects [ASD] or …