Positive thinking and health status among adults in a tertiary care hospital of Delhi, India

2016-11-24T04-45-51Z
Source: International Journal of Community Medicine and Public Health
Mongjam Meghachandra Singh, Sanchit Duhan, Sumita Sandhu, Reeta Devi.
Background: The positive emotions are important to the science of well-being simply because positive emotions are markers of optimal well-being. The positive emotions produce optimal functioning, not just within the present but over the long term as well and also as a means to achieving psychological growth and improved psychological and physical well-being over time. Methods: It was a cross sectional study conducted in a tertiary hospital of New Delhi. The aim was to study the satisfaction with life and positive/negative emotions. A total of 170 subjects were enrolled randomly from out-patient department (OPD) patients (85 patients and 85 who were apparently healthy and did not have any complaint related to health). They were assessed with pre- tested questionnaire. Comparisons between patients and controls were done using chi-square test and p


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