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Does social isolation, social support or loneliness influence health or well-being after a cardiovascular disease event? A narrative thematic systematic review
- Source :
- Healthsocial care in the communityREFERENCES. 30(1)
- Publication Year :
- 2021
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Abstract
- Identification of factors which influence health after a cardiovascular disease (CVD) event will assist with reducing the high health and economic burden of CVD. We undertook a systematic review to investigate the association between social health (lower social isolation, higher social support and lower loneliness) and health and well-being after a CVD event among people living in Australia and New Zealand. Four electronic databases were systematically searched until June 2020. Two reviewers undertook title/abstract screen. One reviewer undertook full-text screen and data extraction. A second author either independently extracted or checked data. Narrative thematic analysis was undertaken. Of the 752 unique records retrieved, 39 papers from 29 studies met our inclusion criteria. Included studies recruited between 10 and 1,455 participants, aged 12-96 years, and the majority were male. Greater social health was consistently associated with better mental health outcomes (lower depressive symptoms, anxiety symptoms and psychological distress). Lower social isolation and higher social support were associated with the extent to which patient needs were being met. Living situation was not associated with mental health outcomes, and being married or living with someone was associated with greater medication adherence. Our systematic review demonstrates that greater social health is associated with better mental health outcomes and met patient needs among cardiac patients. As partner status and living status did not align with social isolation and social support findings in this review, we recommend they not be used as social health proxies when assessing health outcomes among CVD patients. Our review highlights the need for more research focused on women and the importance of gender-disaggregated reporting. Further assessment is required to evaluate whether loneliness is associated with health and well-being outcomes after a CVD event.
- Subjects :
- Gerontology
Male
Sociology and Political Science
Disease
Anxiety
03 medical and health sciences
Social support
0302 clinical medicine
Quality of life (healthcare)
SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being
medicine
Humans
030212 general & internal medicine
Social determinants of health
Social isolation
business.industry
030503 health policy & services
Health Policy
Loneliness
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
Social Support
Mental health
Social Isolation
Cardiovascular Diseases
Female
medicine.symptom
Thematic analysis
0305 other medical science
business
Social Sciences (miscellaneous)
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 13652524
- Volume :
- 30
- Issue :
- 1
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Healthsocial care in the communityREFERENCES
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....f9eb0d673d885b4cea3ea8acc8c2cdb5