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- Title
The impact of emotional well-being on long-term recovery and survival in physical illness: a meta-analysis.
- Authors
Lamers, Sanne; Bolier, Linda; Westerhof, Gerben; Smit, Filip; Bohlmeijer, Ernst
- Abstract
This meta-analysis synthesized studies on emotional well-being as predictor of the prognosis of physical illness, while in addition evaluating the impact of putative moderators, namely constructs of well-being, health-related outcome, year of publication, follow-up time and methodological quality of the included studies. The search in reference lists and electronic databases (Medline and PsycInfo) identified 17 eligible studies examining the impact of general well-being, positive affect and life satisfaction on recovery and survival in physically ill patients. Meta-analytically combining these studies revealed a Likelihood Ratio of 1.14, indicating a small but significant effect. Higher levels of emotional well-being are beneficial for recovery and survival in physically ill patients. The findings show that emotional well-being predicts long-term prognosis of physical illness. This suggests that enhancement of emotional well-being may improve the prognosis of physical illness, which should be investigated by future research.
- Subjects
CHRONIC diseases &; psychology; CHRONIC diseases; CONFIDENCE intervals; CONVALESCENCE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY information storage &; retrieval systems; LONGITUDINAL method; MEDLINE; META-analysis; SYSTEMATIC reviews; DATA analysis; WELL-being; DATA analysis software; DESCRIPTIVE statistics
- Publication
Journal of Behavioral Medicine, 2012, Vol 35, Issue 5, p538
- ISSN
0160-7715
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1007/s10865-011-9379-8