D K Moser1, K Dracup. 1. Department of Adult Health and Illness, College of Nursing, Ohio State University, Columbus 43210, USA.
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: To determine the relationship between patients' feelings of control at baseline and psychosocial recovery 6 months after their cardiac event. PATIENTS: One hundred seventy-six patients who had had myocardial infarction, had undergone coronary artery bypass or both. DESIGN: In this longitudinal, comparative survey patients with high perceptions of control were compared with those with low perceptions of control at baseline to determine differences in psychosocial recovery 6 months later. OUTCOME MEASURES: Psychosocial recovery was operationalized as anxiety, depression, and hostility (measured by Multiple Affect Adjective Checklist) and overall psychosocial adjustment to illness (measured by Psychosocial Adjustment to Illness Scale). RESULTS: Significant differences were seen in psychosocial recovery between patients with feelings of high control versus those with feelings of low control (p = 0.006). Patients with feelings of high control at baseline were less anxious (p = 0.002), less depressed (p = 0.001), less hostile (p = 0.02), and had better psychosocial adjustment (p = 0.009) at a 6-month follow-up than those with feelings of low control. CONCLUSION: Feelings of perceived control are important for psychosocial recovery after a cardiac event.
OBJECTIVE: To determine the relationship between patients' feelings of control at baseline and psychosocial recovery 6 months after their cardiac event. PATIENTS: One hundred seventy-six patients who had had myocardial infarction, had undergone coronary artery bypass or both. DESIGN: In this longitudinal, comparative survey patients with high perceptions of control were compared with those with low perceptions of control at baseline to determine differences in psychosocial recovery 6 months later. OUTCOME MEASURES: Psychosocial recovery was operationalized as anxiety, depression, and hostility (measured by Multiple Affect Adjective Checklist) and overall psychosocial adjustment to illness (measured by Psychosocial Adjustment to Illness Scale). RESULTS: Significant differences were seen in psychosocial recovery between patients with feelings of high control versus those with feelings of low control (p = 0.006). Patients with feelings of high control at baseline were less anxious (p = 0.002), less depressed (p = 0.001), less hostile (p = 0.02), and had better psychosocial adjustment (p = 0.009) at a 6-month follow-up than those with feelings of low control. CONCLUSION: Feelings of perceived control are important for psychosocial recovery after a cardiac event.
Authors: Thomas Nesbitt; Sahar Doctorvaladan; Jeffrey A Southard; Satinder Singh; Anne Fekete; Kate Marie; Debra K Moser; Michelle M Pelter; Susan Robinson; Machelle D Wilson; Lawton Cooper; Kathleen Dracup Journal: Circ Heart Fail Date: 2014-08-21 Impact factor: 8.790
Authors: Nicole M Armstrong; Laura N Gitlin; Jeanine M Parisi; David L Roth; Alden L Gross Journal: Aging Ment Health Date: 2018-02-22 Impact factor: 3.658
Authors: Debra K Moser; Barbara Riegel; Sharon McKinley; Lynn V Doering; Hendrika Meischke; Seongkum Heo; Terry A Lennie; Kathleen Dracup Journal: Nurs Res Date: 2009 Jan-Feb Impact factor: 2.381