A literature review suggests that the quality of social support is the major factor predicting dependency and cardiac crippled behaviors following myocardial infarction.
Does social support improve psychological adjustment and reduce dependency in patients with chronic coronary heart disease?
This review highlights the critical role of social support in predicting psychological adjustment and preventing dependency behaviors following myocardial infarction.
No comprehensive theory of social support and psychological adjustment to chronic illness such as coronary heart disease (CHD) exists. This article reviews the literature on social support and adjustment to CHD from the perspective of Johnson's behavioral system model. It is argued that the quality of social support or nurturing is the major factor predicting cardiac crippled behaviors or dependency following myocardial infarction (MI). The variables of self-esteem, anxiety, depression, and perceptions of functional capacity are identified as variables affecting choices such as return to work and adherence to the treatment regimen and the behavioral outcome of dependency following MI.
Bárbara Riegel (1989) conducted a review in Chronic coronary heart disease (CHD). Social support was evaluated on Psychological adjustment and dependency following myocardial infarction. A literature review suggests that the quality of social support is the major factor predicting dependency and cardiac crippled behaviors following myocardial infarction.