Key result
Social support links to lower illness perception in AF, mediated ~86% by sense of mastery.
Why the study?
To explore whether sense of mastery mediates the relationship between social support and illness perception in patients with atrial fibrillation during the blanking period.
Does social support influence illness perception in patients with atrial fibrillation during the blanking period?
Cross-Sectional (n=405)
No
Does social support influence illness perception in patients with atrial fibrillation during the blanking period?
In patients with atrial fibrillation during the blanking period, social support improves illness perception largely through enhancing the patient's sense of mastery.
May inform supportive strategies in AF blanking period; leaves open whether mastery-focused interventions improve illness perception.
AIM: To explore whether sense of mastery can mediate the relationship between social support and illness perception in patients with atrial fibrillation (AF) who were at the "Blanking Period." DESIGN: A cross-sectional design. METHODS: 405 patients with AF who were at the "Blanking Period" in the Affiliated Hospital of Qingdao University were recruited; they completed a set of questionnaires, including the Perceived Social Support Scale, the Personal Mastery Scale and the Brief Illness Perception Questionnaire. RESULTS: Social support and sense of mastery were both adversely connected to illness perception. The indirect effect of social support on illness perception through sense of mastery was negative, accounting for 86.04% of the total effect. CONCLUSION: During the "Blanking Period," better social support and sense of mastery contribute to a positive illness perception of AF patients. Social support also can influence patients' illness perception indirectly via the mediator of sense of mastery.
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Ding et al. (2022) conducted a cross-sectional in Atrial fibrillation (n=405). Social support was evaluated on Illness perception. Social support was negatively associated with illness perception in AF patients during the blanking period, with sense of mastery mediating 86.04% of the total effect.
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