Nave Leal, ElisabetePais-Ribeiro, José LuísOliveira, MárioSilva, Nogueira daSoares, RuiSantos, SofiaFerreira, Rui2012-01-162012-01-162011-07Nave Leal E, Pais-Ribeiro JL, Oliveira M, Silva N, Soares R, Santos S, Ferreira R. Happiness, hope and affection as predictors of quality of life and functionality of individuals with heart failure at 3 month follow up. In European Congress of Psychology, Istanbul (Turkey), 4th to 8th July 2011. Poster.http://hdl.handle.net/10400.21/1053Introduction: Meeting the actual role of positive psychology, begins to be recognized the contribution of positive variables in health outcomes. Objective: To know the contribution of happiness, hope and affection individually and as a whole in the quality of life and functionality of individuals with heart failure. Population and Methodology: 128 individuals with heart failure, 98 men and 30 women, 61.9±12,1 years of age, 6,6±3,9 years of school and 74,2% retired because of this disease. 56,3% were in Class III of New York Heart Association, with poor left ventricular ejection fraction (25,3±6,2%). The clinical history was of 9,4±8,5 years for this heart disease and had at least one hospitalization due to heart failure with 51,6% having ischemic heart disease.engFisioterapiaReabilitaçãoPsicologia da saúdeInsuficiência cardíacaQualidade de vidaPsysiotherapyRehabilitationHealth psychologyHeart failureQuality of lifeFollow upconference object