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Sense of coherence as a mediator between hostility and health-related quality of life among coronary heart disease patients

Silarova, Barbora, Nagyova, Iveta, Rosenberger, Jaroslav, van Dijk, Jitse P., Reijneveld, Sijmen A. (2016) Sense of coherence as a mediator between hostility and health-related quality of life among coronary heart disease patients. Heart & Lung: The Journal of Cardiopulmonary and Critical Care, 45 (2). pp. 126-131. ISSN 0147-9563. (doi:10.1016/j.hrtlng.2015.11.004) (Access to this publication is currently restricted. You may be able to access a copy if URLs are provided) (KAR id:98063)

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Objectives: To explore the association between hostility and health-related quality of life (HRQoL) among coronary heart disease (CHD) patients, and whether these associations are mediated by sense of coherence (SOC). Background: Intervention research has shown that a decrease in levels of hostility leads to an increase of HRQoL among individuals with CHD. However, the mechanisms that link hostility and HRQoL in CHD patients are not clear. Methods: 509 CHD patients (mean age 58.8 ± 7.3, 29.3 female) were examined. Results: Hostility was associated with poorer mental HRQoL. Adding SOC to the model weakened the strength of the association between hostility and mental HRQoL. The effect of hostility on mental HRQoL was explained for 61.9 by SOC. Neither hostility nor SOC was associated with physical HRQoL. Conclusions: Our findings indicate that low SOC may partially explain the adverse effect of hostility on low mental HRQoL in CHD patients. © 2016 Elsevier Inc.

Item Type: Article
DOI/Identification number: 10.1016/j.hrtlng.2015.11.004
Uncontrolled keywords: Coronary heart disease; Health-related quality of life; Hostility; Mediation analysis; Sense of coherence
Subjects: R Medicine > RA Public aspects of medicine
Divisions: Divisions > Division for the Study of Law, Society and Social Justice > School of Social Policy, Sociology and Social Research > Personal Social Services Research Unit
Depositing User: George Austin-Coskry
Date Deposited: 17 Nov 2022 09:32 UTC
Last Modified: 22 Nov 2022 10:32 UTC
Resource URI: https://kar.kent.ac.uk/id/eprint/98063 (The current URI for this page, for reference purposes)

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