Resilience of patients with coronary heart diseases in Jordan: A cross-sectional study.
Nahla M Al Ali, Ibrahim S Al Ramamneh
PMID 35079609WHAT IT FOUND
Jordanian outpatients with coronary heart disease rated their resilience as moderate, scoring 68 of 100.
Patients without prior cardiac procedures and those who reported not complying with medication scored higher on the personal competence resilience dimension.
Key findings
01The sample had a median total resilience score of 68.00 on a 0 to 100 scale, which the paper reports as moderate.
02Patients with no history of cardiac procedures had a higher median total resilience score than those with a history (69.50 vs 65.50, P = 0.033).
03Patients who reported not complying with medication had a higher median score on the personal competence, high standards, and tenacity dimension than compliant patients (22.00 vs 21.00, P = 0.047).
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What it does not show
It was a cross-sectional survey, so it cannot show that having a cardiac procedure, employment, or medication adherence caused differences in resilience. The sample was a convenience sample from two public hospitals in Amman, so it may not apply to patients using private hospitals, other governorates, inpatients, or newly diagnosed patients. Only outpatients aged 25 to 65 years with coronary heart disease diagnosed at least six months earlier were included. The sample was relatively small, and some non-significant differences may reflect limited statistical power. Resilience was self-reported using a questionnaire, and the study did not measure cardiac outcomes, quality of life, or whether nurses acted on the resilience information.
Declared interests
The study was supported by the Deanship of Research at Jordan University of Science and Technology. The authors declared no conflicts of interest.
The easy way to misread this
Do not conclude that resilience causes better medication adherence or that a nursing resilience intervention improves outcomes. The study was cross-sectional and convenience sampled, and it did not test any intervention.