Religious beliefs, patient–doctor interaction and resilience as predictors for treatment decisions and health outcomes of heart patients
Treatment decision-making in chronic illness poses long-lasting effects on the health status of patients. In Western individualistic cultures, they are independently taken by the individual in collaboration with doctors contrary to the collectivistic Indian context, where it’s decided by families wi...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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2019
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Mental health, religion & culture
Year: 2019, Volume: 22, Issue: 4, Pages: 423-436 |
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coronary artery disease
B Psychological Health B patient–doctor interaction B Treatment decisions B intrinsic–extrinsic religious beliefs |
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| Summary: | Treatment decision-making in chronic illness poses long-lasting effects on the health status of patients. In Western individualistic cultures, they are independently taken by the individual in collaboration with doctors contrary to the collectivistic Indian context, where it’s decided by families with little or no involvement of patients. Religious beliefs, patient-doctor interaction, and resilience measures of 100 CAD patients were used to assess their religious beliefs, patient-doctor interaction, and resilience (predictors). Hierarchical Regression Analysis was conducted to test for the significance of the proposed model. Religious beliefs, patient-doctor interaction, and resilience collectively predicted the significant change in decision-making styles, somatic symptoms, anxiety, social dysfunctions, depression, and general health total of the participants. While the treatment decision-making is heavily contingent upon the social factors namely - religious beliefs, patient-doctor interaction, and resilience, there may yet be some underlying psychological factors that have not been explored in the present study. |
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| ISSN: | 1469-9737 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Mental health, religion & culture
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1080/13674676.2019.1620190 |