Types of social support and their relationships to physical and depressive symptoms and health-related quality of life in patients with heart failure
Types of social support and their relationships to physical and depressive symptoms and health-related quality of life in patients with heart failure
复制标题
DOI：
10.1016/j.hrtlng.2014.04.015
复制
发表时间：
2014-07-01
期刊：
影响因子：
2.8
通讯作者：
Kennedy, Robert L.
中科院分区：
文献类型：
--
作者：
Heo, Seongkum;Lennie, Terry A.;Kennedy, Robert L.
目的：探讨各种类型的社会支持与身体和抑郁症状和健康相关的生活质量（HRQOL）在心力衰竭（HF）患者和社会支持和HRQOL.Background之间的关系的中介作用的症状：HF患者有很高的负担的身体和抑郁症状，沿着与穷人的HRQOL。社会支持可以改善症状和HRQOL.Methods：数据的社会支持（婚姻状况，家庭关系，与卫生保健提供者的关系，社交网络，情感支持，和工具支持），症状，和HRQOL收集了71例患者。结果：情感支持与躯体症状、抑郁症状、HRQOL均相关。身体和抑郁症状介导的情感支持和HRQOL.Conclusions之间的关系：需要进一步的研究，以确定如何提高情感支持，并确定是否改善导致改善症状和HRQOL。(C)2014爱思唯尔公司All rights reserved.
Objectives: To examine the various types of social support associated with physical and depressive symptoms and health-related quality of life (HRQOL) in patients with heart failure (HF) and the mediating effects of symptoms on the relationship between social support and HRQOL.Background: Patients with HF have a high burden of physical and depressive symptoms, along with poor HRQOL. Social support may improve symptoms and HRQOL.Methods: Data on social support (marital status, family relationships, relationships with health care providers, social networks, emotional support, and instrumental support), symptoms, and HRQOL were collected from 71 patients. Hierarchical regression was used to analyze the data.Results: Emotional support was related to all physical and depressive symptoms and HRQOL. Physical and depressive symptoms mediated the relationship between emotional support and HRQOL.Conclusions: Further studies are needed to identify ways to improve emotional support and determine whether the improvement leads to improvements in symptoms and HRQOL. (C) 2014 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.