Key result
Perceived social support links to greater physical activity, mediated by self-efficacy and motivation.
Why the study?
Physical inactivity in coronary artery disease leads to recurrent events, but the mediating roles of self-efficacy and autonomous motivation between social support and physical activity have rarely been examined.
Does social support improve physical activity in patients with coronary artery disease?
Cross-Sectional (n=190)
No
Does social support improve physical activity in patients with coronary artery disease?
Positive social support from health-care providers plays an important role in promoting physical activity by increasing self-efficacy and autonomous motivation in patients with coronary artery disease.
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Social support may promote physical activity in CAD inpatients via mediators; hypothesis-generating and requires prospective trials before practice change.
Physical inactivity in patients with coronary artery disease is linked to recurrent cardiac events. Given that social support may be an enduring major factor for physical activity, the mechanism underlying the multiple mediating effects of self-efficacy and autonomous motivation on the relationship between social support and physical activity in patients with coronary artery disease has hardly been examined. Therefore, this study aimed to clarify the multiple mediating roles of social support and physical activity on the relationship between self-efficacy and autonomous motivation in patients with coronary artery disease. This descriptive cross-sectional study included 190 inpatients who were diagnosed with coronary artery disease and admitted to a cardiology ward university hospital in Korea. Parallel multiple mediated models were tested using the SPSS PROCESS macro. The direct effects of social support on physical activity and the indirect effects of self-efficacy and autonomous motivation on social support and physical activity were statistically significant. Thus, positive social support from health-care providers has an important role to play in promoting physical activity by increasing self-efficacy and autonomous motivation for physical activity in patients with coronary artery disease.
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Han et al. (2022) conducted a cross-sectional in Coronary artery disease (n=190). Social support was evaluated on Physical activity (measured by GPAQ in MET-min/week) (Bc 16.34, 95% CI 6.88-26.39, p=<0.001). Social support was significantly associated with increased physical activity (Bc 16.34, 95% CI 6.88-26.39) and indirectly mediated physical activity through self-efficacy and autonomous motivation.
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