<![CDATA[Coronary heart disease (CHD) can reduce the patient's quality of life. An important aspect in influencing the quality of life for CHD patients is self-care and family support for CHD patients, but this is often overlooked. This study aimed to determine the relationship between self-care and family support and the quality of life of patients with CHD at the Cardiac Clinic of RSUP Dr. M. Djamil Padang. A cross-sectional approach was used in this study. Totaly 303 participants were recruited in this study using purposive sampling technique. Instrument used were the MacNew Heart Disease Health-related Quality of Life Questionnaire, Self-Care of Coronary Heart Disease Inventory and family support questionnaires. The data analysis used was the Spearman rank test. The results showed that mean score of self-care was 64.95 (SD± 5.993), mean score of family support was 38.73 (SD± 2.827) and mean score of quality of life of was 143.96 (SD± 11.25). There was a relationship between self-care and quality of life (r=0.500; p= 0.001) and there was a relationship between family support and the quality of life of CHD patients (r=0.416; p=0.001). Self-care and family support were positively related to quality of life at moderate level. Patients need to improve their ability to perform self-care while family members need to provide supports to patients in order to increase patients’ quality of life. Health education about self-care needs to be provided to patients and their families to improve self-care skills and the quality of life of patients with coronary heart disease.]]>
