Key result
Task-oriented coping, higher socioeconomic status, and social support predicted improved emotional status, while negative expectations were associated with emotional distress after cardiac rehabilitation.
Why the study?
Do social support, expectations, and coping patterns predict emotional distress in patients after cardiac rehabilitation?
Cohort (n=183)
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Do social support, expectations, and coping patterns predict emotional distress in patients after cardiac rehabilitation?
Social support, functional coping, and fewer negative expectations are important predictors of reduced emotional distress after cardiac rehabilitation.
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May inform psychosocial assessment after cardiac rehabilitation; hypothesis-generating for targeted intervention trials.
Blikman et al. (2014) conducted a cohort in Coronary heart disease (n=183). Social support, expectations, coping patterns, and socioeconomic status was evaluated on Composite score of anxiety and depression complaints. Task-oriented coping, higher socioeconomic status, and social support predicted improved emotional status, while negative expectations were associated with emotional distress after cardiac rehabilitation.
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