Abstract

Saima Fareed, Zarmeen Sultan, Zunaira Khalid

Introduction: Coronary artery disease is the leading cause of mortality and morbidity of both men and women accounting for over one third of total deaths. Objectives: The main objective of the study is to evaluate the relationship of psychological distress and framingham score in coronary heart disease patients. Material and methods: This descriptive study was conducted in Jinnah Hospital Lahore during 2019 to 2020. The data was collected from 100 CHD patients to find the relationship between psychological distress and framingham score. Results: The data was collected from 100 CHD patients. The mean age of the study patients was 54.4 ± 10.6 years. Cigarette smoking was much more common in men than in women (32.6% vs. 0, P<0.001). The serum levels of creatinine, uric acid, and cTAS were significantly higher in men than in women (0.9 ± 0.2 vs. 0.7 ± 0.1, 7.6 ± 2.1 vs. 6.8 ± 2.3, and.0.4 ± 0.0 vs. 0.3 ± 0.1, respectively; P<0.001). Conclusion: It is concluded that positive relationship between psychological distresses with the Framingham score is found, but it is not significant