ArticleFrontiers in psychology2013
Social support, depression, and heart disease: a ten year literature review.
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64 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 156 citations in OpenAlex.
- Social network interventions to support cardiac rehabilitation and secondary prevention in the management of people with heart disease.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2023Pooled it
- A Mixed Methods Effectiveness Study of a Peer Support Intervention for Older Adults During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Results of a Randomized Clinical Trial.The American journal of geriatric psychiatry : official journal of the American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry · 2025Trial
- Social Support and Depression Related to Older Adults' Hypertension Control in Rural China.The American journal of geriatric psychiatry : official journal of the American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry · 2019Trial
- Evaluating Culturally Adapted Cardiac Rehabilitation: A Mixed Methods Review.Journal of immigrant and minority health · 2026Review
- Leveraging Healthcare Analytics to Uncover Social Determinants of Health Disparities in Congestive Heart Failure.Cureus · 2025Article
- Relationships Among Mobile Internet Use, Social Support, and Depressive Symptoms: Prospective Cohort Study Among Community Residents.Journal of medical Internet research · 2025Article
- Psychological and Physical Health Improvements After Coronary Bypass: A Longitudinal Study in Cardiovascular Rehabilitation.European journal of investigation in health, psychology and education · 2025Article
- Latent profile analysis of health-related quality of life and its associated factors in postoperative aortic dissection patients: a cross-sectional study.Health and quality of life outcomes · 2025Article
- Acceptance of Illness and Health-Related Quality of Life in Patients After Myocardial Infarction-Narrative Review.Journal of clinical medicine · 2025Review
- Social resource as a critical and overlooked factor for patient safety in low-resource settings.Frontiers in health services · 2025Article
- Interpersonal symptoms in adolescence depression across Asian and European regions: a network approach.BMC psychiatry · 2024Article
- Comorbid depression among adults with heart failure in Ethiopia: a hospital-based cross-sectional study.BMC psychiatry · 2024Article
- The relationship between marital status and cognitive impairment in Chinese older adults: the multiple mediating effects of social support and depression.BMC geriatrics · 2024Article
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- Analysis of depression status and influencing factors in middle-aged and elderly patients with chronic diseases.Frontiers in psychology · 2024Article
- Examining the Relationship Between Multilevel Resilience Resources and Cardiovascular Disease Incidence, Overall and by Psychosocial Risks, Among Participants in the Jackson Heart Study, the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis, and the Mediators of Atherosclerosis in South Asians Living in America (MASALA) Study.American journal of epidemiology · 2023Article
- Digital Health Secondary Prevention Using Co-Design Procedures: Focus Group Study With Health Care Providers and Patients With Myocardial Infarction.JMIR cardio · 2023Article
- Preoperative medical assessment for adult spinal deformity surgery: a state-of-the-art review.Spine deformity · 2023Review
- The satisfaction of elderly people with elderly caring social organizations and its relationship with social support and anxiety during the COVID-19 pandemic: a cross-sectional study.BMC public health · 2023Article
- Personality Traits Predict Self-Rated Health (SRH) in Coronary Heart Disease (CHD) Patients and Healthy Controls.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
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Abstract
backgroundCoronary heart disease is the major cause of morbidity and mortality in the world. Psychosocial factors such as depression and low social support are established risk factors for poor prognosis in patients with heart disease. However, little is known about the hypothetical relationship pattern between them. PURPOSE: The purposes of this narrative review are (1) to appraise the 2002-2012 empirical evidence about the multivariate relationship between depression, social support and health outcomes in patients with heart disease; (2) to evaluate the methodological quality of included studies.
methodPubMed and PsychINFO were searched for quantitative studies assessing the multiple effects of low social support and depression on prognosis outcomes in patients with heart disease. The following search terms were used: social relation(*), cardiac disease, support quality, relationship, and relational support.
resultsFive studies (three prospective cohort studies, one case-control study, and one randomization controlled trial) were selected and coded according to the types of support (social and marital). The majority of findings suggests that low social support/being unmarried and depression are independent risk factors for poor cardiac prognosis. However, all analyzed studies have some limitations. The majority of them did not focus on the quality of marital or social relationships, but assessed only the presence of marital status or social relationship. Moreover, some of them present methodological limitations.
conclusionDepressive symptoms and the absence of social or marital support are significant risk factors for poor prognosis in cardiac patients and some evidence supports their independence in predicting adverse outcomes. Cardiac rehabilitation and prevention programs should thus include not only the assessment and treatment of depression but also a specific component on the family and social contexts of patients.
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