Metacognition Status in Coronary Heart Disease Patients

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Seema Rani Sarraf¹, Arun Kumar Jaiswal², and Ajay Pandey³ (Amiy Institute of Behaviour and Allied Sciences, Amity University, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh¹, Department of Psychology, Faculty of Social Sciences, Mahatma Gandhi Kashi Vidyapith, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh², and Galaxy Hospital, Mahmoorganj, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh³)

This study aimed to examine the status of maladaptive metacognitions in CHD patients. A total of 187 participants, aged between 28 and 78 years, were purposively selected from Varanasi city in Uttar Pradesh for the present study. The sample comprised 100 individuals diagnosed with coronary heart disease (CHD)-including 50 with hypertension and 50 without-and 87 individuals without CHD, designated as the control group. Data collection involved the use of a biographical information sheet and the Hindi adaptation of the Metacognitions Questionnaire (MCQ-H; Jaiswal et al., 2021). Descriptive statistics (mean & standard deviation) were computed, and a one-way ANOVA was conducted to examine differences in metacognitive functioning among CHD patients with and without hypertension, and the control group. Significant ‘Between Groups’ effects obtained in one-way analysis of variance for positive beliefs, lack of cognitive confidence, uncontrollability and danger, SPR, cognitive self-consciousness and MCQ-H total indicated significantly higher levels of positive beliefs among patients of CHD with hypertension group, higher levels of lack of cognitive confidence in CHD without hypertension group and higher level of superstitions, punishment, and responsibility, uncontrollability and danger, cognitive self-consciousness and MCQ-H total CHD with hypertension and without hypertension groups as compared to control group.