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Patterns and the mediating role of avoidant coping style and illness perception on anxiety and depression in patients with chronic heart failure.
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Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences . Dec2016, Vol. 30 Issue 4, p704-713. 10p. - Publication Year :
- 2016
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Abstract
- Introduction Emotional distress in patients with chronic heart failure ( CHF) predicts mortality, hospital readmission and quality of life. The patient's avoidant coping style and beliefs about the disease have been linked to emotional distress in CHF. However, the pattern and transmitting effects of these variables are indefinite. Aim This study aimed to examine the links between and the potential mediating role of illness perceptions and avoidant coping style on depression and anxiety in patients with CHF. Method Self-assessment data from 103 patients with CHF were subjected to path analysis in two hypothesised models. The outcome measures were coping styles, illness perception, anxiety and depression. Results Avoidant coping had a direct adverse effect on anxiety and depression. The perception of symptom burden and personal control, significantly mediated the effect between avoidant coping and anxiety and depression. Conclusions Avoidant coping style appears to influence not only emotional distress, but also a malignant symptom perception and low sense of control over the illness. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- *HEART failure treatment
*CONTROL (Psychology)
*ADAPTABILITY (Personality)
*PSYCHOLOGICAL adaptation
*ANXIETY
*CHI-squared test
*CHRONIC diseases
*CONFIDENCE intervals
*STATISTICAL correlation
*MENTAL depression
*PSYCHOLOGICAL distress
*PSYCHOLOGY of cardiac patients
*HEART failure
*OUTPATIENT services in hospitals
*MATHEMATICAL models
*PATH analysis (Statistics)
*PROBABILITY theory
*PSYCHOLOGICAL tests
*QUESTIONNAIRES
*RESEARCH funding
*SELF-evaluation
*STATISTICS
*COMORBIDITY
*THEORY
*SOCIAL support
*SOCIOECONOMIC factors
*SYMPTOMS
*CROSS-sectional method
*DISEASE duration
*DATA analysis software
*DESCRIPTIVE statistics
*ATTITUDES toward illness
*PSYCHOLOGY
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 02839318
- Volume :
- 30
- Issue :
- 4
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 119880671
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1111/scs.12297