بررسی قدرت باورهای فراشناختی معیوب برای پیش‌­بینی نگرش‌­های ناکارآمد در بیماران قلبی-عروقی سالمند و غیر­سالمند

Objectives: This research was conducted with the aim of explaining the dysfunctional attitudes of hospitalized&nbsp;cardiovascular patients through dysfunctional metacognitive beliefs. Methods & Materials: This cross-sectional study was conducted in Shariati Hospital in Isfahan, Iran, in&nbsp;2012. The statistical population was the hospitalized cardiovascular patients of Shariati Hospital in Isfahan.&nbsp;Out of them, 87 patients were selected using simple random sampling method. Research instruments&nbsp;were the dysfunctional metacognitive beliefs questionnaire (Cartwright-Hatton and Wells) and dysfunctional&nbsp;attitudes scale (Wiseman and Beck). Data were analyzed using SPSS version 18 through performing&nbsp;multiple regression analysis and the Pearson correlation coefficient. Results: The results of regression analysis revealed that &ldquo;need to control thoughts&rdquo; has significant predictive&nbsp;power for the &ldquo;others&rsquo; satisfaction&rdquo; (P<0.05); positive beliefs about &ldquo;worry&rdquo; and &ldquo;worry uncontrollability&rdquo;&nbsp;have significant predictive power for the &ldquo;concentration on self&rdquo; (P<0.05); positive beliefs&nbsp;about worry have significant predictive power for the &ldquo;perfectionism&rdquo; (P<0.01); &ldquo;worry uncontrollability&rdquo;&nbsp;and &ldquo;cognitive confidence&rdquo; have significant predictive power for the &ldquo;need for others&rsquo; confirmation&rdquo;&nbsp;(P<0.01); and positive beliefs about &ldquo;worry&rdquo; have significant predictive power for the &ldquo;concentration on&nbsp;success&rdquo; (P<0.05). Conclusion: Findings of this research revealed that dysfunctional metacognitive beliefs have predictive&nbsp;power for dysfunctional attitudes, which may affect health of cardiovascular patients.