The aim of the present research was to investigate the impact of illness perceptions on quality of life and heart-focused anxiety, in patients with cardiovascular disease (N = 106) admitted in the hospital, undergoing medication or who had undergone surgery. The influence of the type of treatment on the heart-focused anxiety and on the quality of life was mediated by illness perceptions. Consequently, patients who have undergone cardiac surgery have a better quality of life and lower levels of heart-focused anxiety than those relying only on medication to treat their illness
Type of treatment of cardiac disorders, quality of life and heart-focused anxiety: the mediating role of illness perceptions / Panzaru, GABRIELA MONICA; Holman, ANDREI CORNELIU. - In: PSYCHOLOGY, HEALTH & MEDICINE. - ISSN 1354-8506. - STAMPA. - 20:5(2015), pp. 551-559. [10.1080/13548506.2014.989863]
Type of treatment of cardiac disorders, quality of life and heart-focused anxiety: the mediating role of illness perceptions
PANZARU, GABRIELA MONICA;HOLMAN, ANDREI CORNELIU
2015
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The aim of the present research was to investigate the impact of illness perceptions on quality of life and heart-focused anxiety, in patients with cardiovascular disease (N = 106) admitted in the hospital, undergoing medication or who had undergone surgery. The influence of the type of treatment on the heart-focused anxiety and on the quality of life was mediated by illness perceptions. Consequently, patients who have undergone cardiac surgery have a better quality of life and lower levels of heart-focused anxiety than those relying only on medication to treat their illness| File | Dimensione | Formato | |
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