Abstract

Background and Purpose: Psychological resilience provides the resilient person ‎with the ability to sustain a positive attitude regardless of conditions. the purpose of this study was ‎to "investigate the levels of psychological resilience and its related factors in ‎elderly patients with cardiac ischemic attending to Kashan Shahid Beheshti ‎Hospital during the year 2018”.‎ Methodology: The cross-sectional study ‎was carried out on 350 individuals aged 60 years and older with ischemic heart ‎disease in Kashan Shahid Beheshti Hospital. Data collection was ‎performed using the Psychological Resilience scale, Mini Mental State Examination and demographic questionnaire. statistical methods including Pearson correlation coefficient, T-test, analysis ‎of variance and the multiple regression analysis were applied for data analysis. ‎Findings: The mean score of psychological resilience was 65.92 ± 8.24 out of a ‎total of 95 points. The mean age was 68.88 ± 7.75 years. Based on the univariate analysis, ‎psychological resilience was significantly related to ages (P <001), income (P = 001), education (p <0.001), patients’ spouses ‎education (P <0.001), living in the city (p = .008), the single child (P <001), financial supports (P <001) and underlying diseases (p = .004). Based on the multivariate analysis, lower ‎ages, living in the private home, having single child at home, not receiving ‎financial supports, duration of the underlying diseases and not smoking had ‎significant relationships with increased resilience. Conclusion: Most of the individuals had an average to high score of ‎psychological resilience, it is recommended to pay more attention to elderly people showing ‎lower resilience.