Key result
Greater emotional support was related to greater positive affect and life satisfaction, while greater tangible support was related to less negative affect in older women with heart failure.
Why the study?
Is social support associated with improved psychological well-being in older women with heart failure?
Cross-Sectional (n=80)
Is social support associated with improved psychological well-being in older women with heart failure?
Emotional and tangible support are associated with different aspects of psychological well-being in older women with heart failure.
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Supports assessing emotional vs tangible support separately in older women with HF; hypothesis-generating and should not yet change practice.
The purpose of this study was to determine the relationship between social support, symptom severity, and psychological well-being in older women with heart failure. In-home interviews were conducted with 80 older women following a hospital admission for heart failure. Subjects were asked their perceptions of emotional and tangible support received, symptom severity, and psychological well-being. Greater emotional support was related to greater positive affect and satisfaction with life. Greater tangible support was related to less negative affect. Neither emotional nor tangible support buffered symptom severity. The results indicate that emotional and tangible support may each affect different aspects of psychological well-being in older women with heart failure.
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Friedman et al. (1994) conducted a cross-sectional in Heart failure (n=80). Emotional and tangible support was evaluated on Psychological well-being and symptom severity. Greater emotional support was related to greater positive affect and life satisfaction, while greater tangible support was related to less negative affect in older women with heart failure.
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