The Relationship of Psychological Well-being with a Cardiac Diet Self Efficacy in Acute Coronary Syndrome Patients

Abstract

Acute Coronary Syndrome (ACS) is a cardiovascular disease that causes significant deaths in most countries. No study assessed the directly how this psychological well-being is related to Cardiac Diet Self-Efficacy (CDSE). This study aimed to identify the relationship between psychological well-being and cardiac diet self-efficacy in ACS patients after treatment. This cross-sectional study involved 150 patients at two hospitals in Jambi Province that treated heart disease, especially ACS. We used Cardiac Diet Self-Efficacy (CDSE) Scale and Psychological Well-Being questionnaire. The associations between psychological well-being a cardiac diet self-efficacy were confirmed by the Pearson Correlation test using SPSS 26.0. The correlation test showed a p-value of 0.018, indicating a relationship between psychological well-being and cardiac diet self-efficacy. Furthermore, the value of r obtained at 0.41 shows a reasonably strong relationship between psychological well-being and cardiac diet self-efficacy. Therefore, it is necessary to prepare for improving psychological well-being in ACS patients both from the discharge planning stage and post-hospital intervention so that ACS patients can have good cardiac diet self-efficacy after treatment.