Perceived Social Support as a Predictor of Mortality in Coronary Patients

Effects of Smoking, Sedentary Behavior, and Depressive Symptoms

Datos Bibliográficos

ID19308982
AutoresBeverly H Brummett (Duke Medical Center, autor de correspondencia), Daniel B Mark (0000-0001-6340-8087), Ilene C Siegler, Raymond Brady Williams (0000-0002-8581-0648), Redford B Williams, Michael A Babyak, Nancy E Clapp‐channing, Nancy E Clapp-Channing, John C Barefoot
Año2005
Volumen67
Número1
Páginas40-45
Fecha de publicación2005-01-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaPsychosomatic Medicine (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0033-3174 • E-ISSN: 1534-7796
EditorialOvid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1097/01.psy.0000149257.74854.b7
PMID15673622
OpenAlexW2115440262
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas21
Referencias citadas32

OBJECTIVE: Numerous studies have shown network assessments of social contact predict mortality in patients with coronary artery disease (CAD). Fewer studies have demonstrated an association between perceived social support and longevity in patient samples. It has been suggested that 1 of the mechanisms linking social support with elevated risk for mortality is the association between social support and other risk factors associated with decreased longevity such as smoking, failure to exercise, and depressive symptoms. The present study examined an assessment of perceived support as a predictor of all-cause and CAD mortality and examined the hypothesis that smoking, sedentary behavior, and depressive symptoms may mediate and/or moderate this association. METHODS: Ratings of social support and the risk factors of smoking, sedentary behavior, and depressive symptoms were examined as predictors of survival in 2711 patients with CAD, and associations between support and these risk factors were assessed. Smoking, sedentary behavior, and depressive symptoms were examined as mediators and/or moderators of the association between social support and mortality. RESULTS: Social support, smoking, sedentary behavior, and depressive symptoms were predictors of mortality (p's <.01). Results also indicated that sedentary behavior, but not smoking status or depressive symptoms, may substantially mediate the relationship between support and mortality. No evidence for moderation was found. CONCLUSIONS: The relation between social support and longevity may be partially accounted for by the association between support and sedentary behavior

Association (psychology) · Cognition · Coronary artery disease · Depression (economics) · Depressive symptoms · Moderation · Obesity · Psychiatry · Sedentary lifestyle · Social support · Cardiac Health and Mental Health · Clinical Psychology · Health disparities and outcomes · Internal Medicine · Medicine · Physical Activity and Health · Psychology