ArticlePloS one2019
Medical patients' affective well-being after emergency department admission: The role of personal and social resources and health-related variables.
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- Emergency department consultations for respiratory symptoms revisited: exploratory investigation of longitudinal trends in patients' perspective on care, health care utilization, and general and mental health, from a multicenter study in Berlin, Germany.BMC health services research · 2022Article
- A cross-sectional study to assess job strain of emergency healthcare workers by Karasek questionnaire: The SEEK study.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2022Article
- Self-reported health and life satisfaction in older emergency department patients: sociodemographic, disease-related and care-specific associated factors.BMC public health · 2021Article
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Abstract
backgroundMedical emergency admissions are critical life events associated with considerable stress. However, research on patients' affective well-being after emergency department (ED) admission is scarce. This study investigated the course of affective well-being of medical patients following an ED admission and examined the role of personal and social resources and health-related variables.
methodsIn this longitudinal survey with a sample of 229 patients with lower respiratory tract infections and cardiac diseases (taken between October 2013 and December 2014), positive and negative affect was measured at ED admission (T1) and at follow-up after 7 days (T2), and 30 days (T3). The role of personal and social resources (emotional stability, trait resilience, affect state, and social support) as well as health-related variables (self-rated health, multimorbidity, and psychological comorbidity) in patients' affective well-being was examined by controlling for demographic characteristics using regression analyses.
resultsThe strength of the inverse correlation between positive and negative affect decreased over time. In addition to health-related variables, higher negative affect was predicted by higher psychological comorbidity over time (T1-T3). In turn, lower positive affect was predicted by lower self-rated health (T1-T2) and higher multimorbidity (T3). In terms of personal and social resources, lower negative affect was predicted by higher emotional stability (T2), whereas higher positive affect was predicted by stronger social support (T1-T2).
conclusionKnowledge about psychosocial determinants-personal and social resources and health-related variables-of patients' affective well-being following ED admission is essential for designing more effective routine screening and treatment.
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