ArticleJournal of clinical psychology in medical settings2020
The Combined Effect of Psychological and Relational Aspects on Cardiac Patient Activation.
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- Impact of Depression on Activation and Summer Heat Adaptation in Older Adults With Cardiovascular Concerns: Empirical Research Quantitative.Nursing open · 2025Article
- Recognizing and Appreciating the Partner's Support Protects Relationship Satisfaction during Cardiac Illness.Journal of clinical medicine · 2024Article
- The role of patient activation in self-care behaviours of Korean older adults with heart failure.Nursing open · 2023Article
- Psychological couple-oriented interventions for patients with heart disease and their partners: a scoping review and guidelines for future interventions.Frontiers in psychology · 2023Article
- Patient activation and treatment decision-making in the context of cancer: examining the contribution of informal caregivers' involvement.Journal of cancer survivorship : research and practice · 2022Article
- Intimate Relationships and Coronary Heart Disease: Implications for Risk, Prevention, and Patient Management.Current cardiology reports · 2022Review
- A Network Analysis of the Association Between Depressive Symptoms and Patient Activation Among Those With Elevated Cardiovascular Risk.Global advances in health and medicine · 2022Article
- The Association Between Cardiac Illness-Related Distress and Partner Support: The Moderating Role of Dyadic Coping.Frontiers in psychology · 2021Article
- A Postcard From Italy: Challenges and Psychosocial Resources of Partners Living With and Without a Chronic Disease During COVID-19 Epidemic.Frontiers in psychology · 2020Article
- Initiating and Maintaining Complete Decongestive Therapy Self-Management of Lymphedema Among Breast Cancer Survivors: Descriptive Qualitative Study.Integrative cancer therapiesArticle
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Abstract
The literature assumes that activating patients in the treatment is associated with positive health-related outcomes, such as clinical indicators in the normal range, high medication adherence, and low emergency department utilization. In the cardiac population, patient activation, that is the patient's knowledge, skills, confidence, and behaviors needed for managing one's own health and health care, has been less investigated. In addition, limited attention has been given to the role of the partner as an informal caregiver. However, the patient in the care process is rarely alone, and the partner may play a key role in this process. The goal of this dyadic study (N = 100 heterosexual couples with one partner suffering from an acute cardiac event) is to analyze how individual factors (patients' anxiety, depression, medication adherence, pessimistic perception of illness) and the couple's relationship functioning (e.g., different kinds of partner support and dyadic coping) are associated with patient activation. The results showed that patient activation is not a mere question of age. It is positively related to medication adherence and to the partner's support patient activation. It is negatively correlated with the patient's psychological distress, pessimistic perception of illness, and to the partner's hostility. The need for a dyadic approach to both research and intervention with this population is discussed.
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