THE DESCRIPTION of RESILIENCE in POST-ACUTE ATTACK PATIENT with CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE

Abstract

Background: Coronary heart disease patients shall experience physical, psychological and social changes that will affect life. The psychological condition of outpatients that has been investigated include anxiety, depression and quality of life, all of these problems can be attributed to resilience. Objective: The purpose of this study was to determine the image of resilience of coronary heart disease patient following up the acute attack in outpatient ward. Methods: The research method used quantitative descriptive using CD-RISC instrument 25. Instrument had validity value r = 0.83, P