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| The mediating role of perceived control on the relationship between socioeconomic status and functional changes in older patients with coronary heart disease | | Author(s) | Giorgio Barbareschi, Robbert Sanderman, Gertrudis I J M Kempen |
| Journal title | Journals of Gerontology: Series B, Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences, vol 63B, no 6, November 2008 |
| Pages | pp P353-P361 |
| Source | http://www.geron.org |
| Keywords | Economic status [elderly] ; Heart disease ; Self care capacity ; Attitude ; Adjustment ; Longitudinal surveys ; Netherlands. |
| Annotation | The mediating effect of perceived control in explaining the predictive role of socioeconomic status (SES) in long-term changes in functional status as a consequence of the occurrence of coronary heart disease (CHD) was examined. This study followed 221 older CHD patients from the Groningen Longitudinal Aging Study (GLAS). Data were collected on patients' functional status before the onset of disease and 1 year after diagnosis. Multiple linear regressions show that SES predicts functional change only in relation to physical functioning. Furthermore, self-efficacy, but not mastery, mediates the predictive role of SES in changes in physical functioning in CHD patients. Self-efficacy is the only aspect of control that mediates the relation between SES and changes in physical functioning. These findings provide a basis for future interventions in disadvantaged groups of older people and new theoretical models of recovery processes. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-090605220 A |
| Classmark | F:W: CQH: CA: DP: DR: 3J: 76H |
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