Good Attitude Helps Heart to Heal Published: Sep 10, 2013 | Updated: Sep 11, 2013 By Cole Petrochko, Staff Writer, MedPage Today Ischemic heart disease patients who had positive attitudes were more likely to exercise and were less likely to die from any cause at 5-year follow-up. Note that positive affect was more common in patients who were male, had higher education, and were employed, and was associated with lower likelihood of diabetes and COPD. Ischemic heart disease patients who had positive attitudes were more likely to exercise and were less likely to die from any cause at 5-year follow-up, researchers found. High positive affect was associated with a significantly reduced risk of all-cause mortality (unadjusted hazard ratio 0.58, 95% CI 0.37-0.92) and a significant chance of exercising (unadjusted odds ratio 1.99, 95% CI 1.44-2.76) among 607 Danish ischemic heart disease patients, according to Susanne Pedersen, PhD, of Tilburg University in the Netherlands, and colleagues. Additionally, patients who exercised were 50% less likely to die by the 5-year follow-up (HR 0.50, 95% CI 0.31-0.8, P=0.004), they wrote online in Circulation Cardiovascular Quality Outcomes.
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