Why the study?
How do partners' and patients' perceptions of support interact to affect recovery outcomes in couples coping with cardiac illness?
How do partners' and patients' perceptions of support interact to affect recovery outcomes in couples coping with cardiac illness?
The interaction between a partner's perception of provided support and a patient's perception of received support significantly influences recovery outcomes in cardiac illness.
Support perception mismatches may shape cardiac recovery; hypothesis-generating for dyadic interventions, trials needed before practice change.
As hypothesized, the effect of partners' perceptions of support provided on patients' recovery was moderated by patients' own perceptions of the support received. The effect of this interaction was determined by the specific types of support provided or received and by the specific recovery outcome that was measured. The clinical and theoretical implications of the findings are discussed.
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