Factors determining acceptance of disease and its impact on satisfaction with life of patients with peripheral artery disease.
Renata Piotrkowska, Sylwia Terech-Skóra, Wioletta Mędrzycka-Dąbrowska and 2 others
PMID 33452863WHAT IT FOUND
PAD patients reported moderate acceptance of illness and moderate life satisfaction.
Acceptance was higher with more education and less mobility limitation, and it tracked with higher life satisfaction.
Key findings
01Patients had a mean acceptance score of 25.17 and a mean satisfaction score of 21.86.
02Acceptance was higher in patients with higher education and lowest in those with the greatest mobility limitation.
03Acceptance of illness and satisfaction with life were linked (0.60).
STILL TO COME
How it was doneWhat they foundWhat it means for RNs
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What it does not show
All patients came from one department in one Polish university hospital, so they may not represent PAD patients elsewhere. The study was cross-sectional, so it cannot show that education, mobility or acceptance caused satisfaction. Only 72 patients were surveyed, and the acceptance and satisfaction data were self-reported on the first day after admission. The authors compared results with patients with other chronic diseases because little PAD-specific literature was available.
Declared interests
The authors declared no conflict of interest.
The easy way to misread this
Do not conclude that improving education or mobility will increase acceptance, or that assessing acceptance improves patient outcomes. This survey measured associations at one time and did not test any treatment.