Effect of social support on illness perception in patients with atrial fibrillation during "Blanking Period": Mediating role of sense of mastery.
Yun-Mei Ding, Cui-Ping Liu, Hong-Xuan Xu and 6 others
PMID 35855521WHAT IT FOUND
In AF patients during first 3 months after ablation, more perceived social support was linked to less negative illness perception through higher sense of mastery.
The direct link was not supported.
Key findings
01Higher social support was associated with less negative illness perception (r = −0.222, p < .001).
02Higher sense of mastery was associated with less negative illness perception (r = −0.591, p < .001).
03Sense of mastery fully mediated the link between social support and illness perception, with no direct effect supported (c' = −0.031, p = .463).
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What it does not show
The study was cross-sectional, so it cannot show that social support or sense of mastery caused changes in illness perception. It was done at one university hospital in China with convenience sampling, so the findings may not apply to other settings or patients. The paper did not test a social support or sense-of-mastery programme, so it cannot show that nursing actions change illness perception.
Declared interests
The authors declared no conflicts of interest. Funding was provided by Qingdao University.
The easy way to misread this
Do not conclude that social support directly improves illness perception. The study was cross-sectional and did not test an intervention, and the direct effect of social support on illness perception was not supported (c' = −0.031, p = .463).