Objective To investigate the mediating role of psychological resilience between self-esteem and death anxiety in elderly patients after percutaneous coronary intervention(PCI).Methods A total of 188 elderly patients after PCI who underwent Beijing Chaoyang Hospital,Capital Medical University from October 2023 to April 2024 were selected as research subjects.They were administered questionnaires including the Chinese version of Rosenberg self-esteem scale,Connor-Davidson resilience scale,and Chinese version of Templer's death anxiety scale.Results The death anxiety score of elderly patients after PCI was(46.87±9.38)points,the self-esteem score was(27.37±4.38)points,and the psychological resilience score was(68.26±15.19)points.Pearson correlation analysis revealed that self-esteem was positively correlated with psychological resilience(r-0.480,P＜0.01),while both self-esteem and psychological resilience were negatively correlated with death anxiety(r=-0.305,r=-0.313,P＜0.01).The partial mediating effect of psychological resilience between self-esteem and death anxiety was-0.104,accounting for 35.7％of tmediating effect.Psychological resilience could effectively explain 35.7％of the variance in death anxiety.Conclusion Self-esteem has a significant impact on death anxiety in elderly patients after PCI,and psychological resilience plays a partial mediating role in the relationship between self-esteem and death anxiety.Psychological interventions can be implemented to enhance patients' self-esteem and psychological resilience,thereby alleviating death anxiety and aiding in their better recovery and quality of life.

Objective To investigate the mediating role of psychological resilience between self-esteem and death anxiety in elderly patients after percutaneous coronary intervention(PCI).Methods A total of 188 elderly patients after PCI who underwent Beijing Chaoyang Hospital,Capital Medical University from October 2023 to April 2024 were selected as research subjects.They were administered questionnaires including the Chinese version of Rosenberg self-esteem scale,Connor-Davidson resilience scale,and Chinese version of Templer's death anxiety scale.Results The death anxiety score of elderly patients after PCI was(46.87±9.38)points,the self-esteem score was(27.37±4.38)points,and the psychological resilience score was(68.26±15.19)points.Pearson correlation analysis revealed that self-esteem was positively correlated with psychological resilience(r-0.480,P＜0.01),while both self-esteem and psychological resilience were negatively correlated with death anxiety(r=-0.305,r=-0.313,P＜0.01).The partial mediating effect of psychological resilience between self-esteem and death anxiety was-0.104,accounting for 35.7％of tmediating effect.Psychological resilience could effectively explain 35.7％of the variance in death anxiety.Conclusion Self-esteem has a significant impact on death anxiety in elderly patients after PCI,and psychological resilience plays a partial mediating role in the relationship between self-esteem and death anxiety.Psychological interventions can be implemented to enhance patients' self-esteem and psychological resilience,thereby alleviating death anxiety and aiding in their better recovery and quality of life.