Self-Care, Perceived Social Support, and Health-Related Quality of Life in Patients With Heart Failure
Findings suggest that an increment in social support reduces depressive symptoms and anxiety, which further improves HRQoL. This relationship was more profound when the self-care maintenance was at a higher level. Our study emphasizes the need to focus on improving HRQoL by promoting positive social support that can decrease depressive symptoms and anxiety in persons with heart failure-particularly in those with low or moderate levels of self-care maintenance.
Authors
- Martha Biddle (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8059-6358)
- JungHee Kang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2533-9900)
- Geunyeong Cha (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9511-8287)
- Misook L. Chung (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7561-1330)
- Debra K. Moser (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2727-5920)
- Ashmita Thapa (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0005-1574-1404)
- Jia-Rong Wu
Institutions
- University of Kentucky (US)
- Vanderbilt University (US)
- Knoxville College (US)
- University of Tennessee at Knoxville (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Nursing Research
- Published
- 2025-03-24
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1097/nnr.0000000000000820
- Citations
- 2
- Primary Topic
- Heart Failure Treatment and Management
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 2.78