| Summary: | Background: Heart failure is a chronic and progressive medical condition as well as a
serious health problem of the community. A study shown that 20-70% of patients with heart
failure had also suffered depression which eventually will reduce the quality of life. Physical
exercise is the only non-pharmacological approach proven as effective among patients with
heart failure, in this case in reducing morbidity. Physical activities have beneficial effect on
mental health in helping the individuals to coping with stress and light depression, enhancing
mood, and improving the quality of life that are largely relevant to patients with heart failure.
Objective: This study is to analyze the correlation of physical activity and depression among
the patients with chronic heart failure in the polyclinic of heart section in the Public Hospital
of Dr. Sardjito.
Subjects and Methodology: The study was a quantitative study as well as an observasional
non-experimental study with a cross-sectional design and descriptive and analytical approach.
The sample of the study was the patients with heart failure in the polychlinic of heart section
in the Public Hospital of Dr. Sardjito Yogyakarta from July-August 2013. The data used were
collected by using a questionnaire for personal data, Global Physical Activity Questionnare
(GPAQ), and Beck Depression Inventory (BDI). The Lambda test was done to analyze the
data for the correlation of physical activities and depression.
Result: Depression was found at 52.2% of the subjects. The total number of physical
activities, those of work, those of travel, and those of recreation have weak correlation with
the occurrence of depression among the patients with chronic heart failure, respectively (p=
0.121
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