Abstract
Aim. The aim of this study was to examine the relationship between quality of life and hope in people with ischemic heart disease.
Background. The increase in the number of patients with ischemic heart disease in recent years and its psychological and physical consequences and complications necessitates investigating their quality of life and hope.
Method. In this descriptive-correlational study, 150 people with ischemic heart disease hospitalized in Shahid Rajaie Cardiovascular Medical and Research Center in Tehran, Iran, were investigated. Data collection tools were demographic information questionnaire, France and Powers quality of life questionnaire (1999) and Snyder hope scale (1991). Data were analyzed in SPSS using descriptive and inferential statistical.
Finding. The results of the present study showed that the quality of life in people with ischemic heart disease was at a good level (mean score 20.64±3). The level of hope in these patients was high (the mean score 40.33±5). There was a statistically significant relationship between hope and quality of life score (P≤0.0001, r=0.48).
Conclusion. Regarding the positive relationship of quality of life with hope in ischemic heart patients, nurses can be advised to pay attention to these aspects of life in this group of patients and incorporate into their routine care.

Abstract
Aim. This study aimed to examine the effect of well-being therapy on hope, distress tolerance and death anxiety in people with cardiovascular disease after getting a coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19).
Background. Cardiovascular patients rescued from COVID-19 face go through many psychological health issues regarding hope, distress tolerance and death anxiety. Well-being therapy has been known as one of the methods based on positive psychological approach that may have a positive effect on psychological health of these patients.
Method. This study was a semi-experimental study with pretest-posttest design with control group. The statistical population was cardiovascular patients rescued from COVID-19 living in Ahvaz city, Iran, in year 2020, from which 40 people were recruited by convenience sampling method and randomly allocated two experimental and control group. The experimental group received well-being therapy for 10 sessions of 90 minutes duration (two sessions per week) and the control group was placed on the waiting list for training. Research tools were the hope scale, distress tolerance questionnaire and death anxiety scale. Data were analyzed in SPSS-19 using Chi-square test, independent t-test and multivariate analysis of covariance.
Findings. The groups did not differ significantly in terms of gender, marital status, age, education and duration of illness. Also, before intervention, there was no statistically significant difference between the groups in terms of mean scores of hope, distress tolerance and death anxiety. After intervention, statistically significant difference was found between experimental and control group in the mean scores of all three dependent variables, meaning that well-being therapy improved hope (F=114.497, P≤0.0001) and distress tolerance (F=165.032, P≤0.0001), and decreased death anxiety (F=101.408, P≤0.0001) in people with cardiovascular disease after getting a COVID-19.
Conclusion. Regarding the effect of well-being therapy on improving hope and distress tolerance and decreasing death anxiety people with cardiovascular disease after getting a COVID-19, it is recommended that therapists and health professionals apply well-being therapy to improve hope and distress tolerance and decrease death anxiety in people with cardiovascular disease after getting a COVID-19.

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Aim. The aim of this study was to compare hope and anxiety between adolescents with a parent with chronic heart disease and adolescents with a parent with type 2 diabetes.
Background. Chronic illness in parents is associated with developing problems such as decreased hope and anxiety for children.
Method. The present study was a descriptive cross-sectional comparative study in which 120 adolescents either with a parent with chronic heart failure or with a parent with diabetes type 2 were recruited by convenience sampling. Schneider's hope scale and Beck anxiety questionnaire were used to collect the data. Data were analyzed using descriptive and inferential statistics in SPSS software version 24.
Findings. The total hope score in adolescents with parents with chronic heart failure and adolescents with parents with type 2 diabetes was respectively 28.70±5.01 and 31.40±4.20. Sixty percent of adolescents with a parent with chronic heart disease had the lowest anxiety level, 25 percent experience mild anxiety, 10 percent reported moderate anxiety, and 5 percent experience severe anxiety. Ninety and five percent of adolescents with parents with diabetes showed the lowest anxiety, 3.3 percent experienced mild anxiety and 1.7 percent reported moderate anxiety.
Conclusion. Adolescents with a parent with chronic heart disease have significantly higher levels of anxiety than adolescents with a parent with diabetes type 2, and there is a significant difference between their overall hope score. Because anxiety and hope can affect all aspects of a person's life, therefore, the implementation of educational and behavioral interventions to improve anxiety and hope is recommended.

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Aim. The aim of this study was to compare the effect of narrative couple therapy, couple schema therapy and integrative behavioral couple therapy on hope and perceived stress among patients with coronary artery disease and their spouses.
Background. Coronary artery disease is one of the heart diseases that can make couples face problems and need help.
Methods. This research was a semi-experimental study with a pretest and posttest design and with a control group. The statistical population was people with coronary artery disease and their spouses in the winter of 2021. Sixty four couples were selected by purposive sampling method and randomly assigned to three experimental groups and a control group (16 couples for each group). Hope scale of Snyder and perceived stress of Leung et al. were used to assess dependent variables in two stages. The three intervention groups were each treated for 8 sessions of 90 minutes and the control group did not receive any intervention. The data were analyzed by analysis of covariance and post-hoc Bonferroni test.
Findings. The results showed that there was a statistically significant difference of integrative behavioral couple therapy and couple schema therapy with the control group in terms of hope (P≤0.0001), but there was no statistically significant difference between the narrative couple therapy and control group and between three interventions. About the perceived stress, the results showed that there was a statistically significant difference of integrative behavioral couple therapy, narrative couple therapy and couple schema therapy with the control group (p≥0.05).
Conclusion. Considering the effect of integrative behavioral couple therapy and couple schema therapy in increasing hope and effect of the mentioned two interventions and narrative couple therapy in reducing perceived stress among people with coronary artery disease and their spouses. It is recommended to use these interventions in cardiovascular treatment centers.