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- Title
Impact of social support and religiosity/spirituality on recovery from acute cardiac events and heart surgery in Switzerland.
- Authors
Eglin, Micha; Schmid, Jean-Paul; Ronel, Joram; Khatami, Ramin; Leiggener, Christoph; Koenig, Harold G.; Hefti, René
- Abstract
Objective: The aim of this study was to evaluate the impact of social support and religiosity/spirituality (R/S) on the recovery from an acute cardiac event or cardiac surgery during cardiac rehabilitation (CR). Methods: In this prospective study, a convenience sample of 159 patients participating in a CR program were enrolled. Religiosity/spirituality, social support, anxiety, depression, health related quality of life (QoL), and exercise capacity (6-min walk test, cycle ergometer test) were assessed. Results: Social support was significantly associated with less anxiety (p <.01), less depression (p <.01), and better QoL (p <.05) on admission. After adjustment for age, gender, education level, and morbidity, social support remained significantly associated with less depression (p <.001). Religiosity/spirituality was significantly associated with less depression (p <.05), better QoL (p <.05), and better exercise capacity (p <.05) at admission. After adjustment for covariates, however, significance was lost. There were no significant impact of either social support or R/S on the course of CR measured by change in QoL or exercise capacity. Conclusion: Social support may be a protective factor against depression in the recovery from cardiac events or surgery. Neither social support nor R/S had a significant impact on the course of the 3-week CR program.
- Subjects
SWITZERLAND; PEARSON correlation (Statistics); T-test (Statistics); STATISTICAL sampling; KRUSKAL-Wallis Test; MULTIPLE regression analysis; QUESTIONNAIRES; ANXIETY; AEROBIC capacity; DESCRIPTIVE statistics; LONGITUDINAL method; SPIRITUALITY; RELIGION; CONVALESCENCE; QUALITY of life; SOCIAL support; DATA analysis software; CARDIAC rehabilitation; CARDIAC surgery; MENTAL depression
- Publication
International Journal of Psychiatry in Medicine, 2024, Vol 59, Issue 5, p595
- ISSN
0091-2174
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1177/00912174231225801