Key result
Higher perceived social support strongly links to better self-efficacy and health-promoting behaviors in HFrEF.
Why the study?
Heart failure is a major health challenge requiring long-term management, prompting the need to assess the relationship between perceived social support, self-efficacy, and health-promoting behaviors in hospitalized patients.
Cross-Sectional (n=193)
Effect estimate: Correlation social support and self-efficacy r=0.441; social support and health-promoting behaviors r=0.641
p-value: p=<0.001
Higher levels of perceived social support, particularly emotional support, are significantly associated with better self-efficacy and adherence to health-promoting behaviors in hospitalized heart failure patients.
Social support assessment may aid HF self-management; extends prior observational data but leaves open causality and intervention efficacy.
Heart failure is a major health challenge requiring long-term management. The current study pursed the goal to discover the relationship between perceived social support with self-efficacy and health-promoting behaviors in patients hospitalized in cardiac care units. This cross-sectional analytical study was conducted on 193 patients with heart failure (EF ≤ 35, NYHA class I/II) participating in the study at south of Iran in 2024 using a convenience sampling method. The data were collected with three standard questionnaires: Sullivan Cardiac Self-Efficacy Scale (α = 0.93), Cheraghi’s Multidimensional Scale of Perceived Social Support (MSPSS) (α = 0.87), and Health-Promoting Lifestyle Profile(HPLP-II) (α = 0.86). The data were analyzed via SPSS-26 using descriptive statistics (frequency, mean, and standard deviation) and inferential tests (Pearson). As the results divulged, perceived social support was significantly associated with self-efficacy and health-promoting behaviors in heart failure patients (P < 0.001). The highest correlation was reported between emotional support and self-efficacy (r = 0.9) and also between instrumental support and stress management at the dimensional level (r = 0.558). According to the findings, the patients who had higher levels of social support outperformed in disease management and adherence to health behaviors. Social support plays a key role in building up self-efficacy and enhancing health-promoting behaviors in heart failure sufferers. The results highlighted the importance of considering support systems in the treatment and care programs of such patients.
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Haghighat et al. (2026) conducted a cross-sectional in Hospitalized heart failure patients with EF ≤ 35% and NYHA class I/II (n=193). Perceived social support was evaluated on Association of perceived social support with self-efficacy and health-promoting behaviors (Correlation social support and self-efficacy r=0.441; social support and health-promoting behaviors r=0.641, p=<0.001). Perceived social support was significantly positively associated with self-efficacy (r=0.441, p<0.001) and health-promoting behaviors (r=0.641, p<0.001) in hospitalized heart failure patients with EF ≤ 35% and NYHA class I/II.
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