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VARELA MONTERO, Isabel  y  BARRON LOPEZ DE RODA, Ana. The influence of the couple in coping with heart disease. Acta de investigación psicol [online]. 2016, vol.6, n.2, pp.2459-2468. ISSN 2007-4719.  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aipprr.2016.06.009.

The main aim of our study is to analyze the influence of social support on cardiac illness adjustment and on health recommendations adherence. The sample was 109 patients and their partners, all of them included in the Cardiac Rehabilitation Program of the Ramon y Cajal Hospital in Madrid. Our results show that partner support has not a significant impact on patients¿ adjustment (received support [P = .46] and satisfaction with received support [P = .041]). However, partner support has a significant effect on adherence to health recommendations (food, physical exercise, smoking, etc), most of all in the 8 and 12 months’ follow-up (P < .001). Perhaps, in the first stages of illness, support provided for other sources (health professionals, other patients, etc.) could be more important than partner support, most of all taking into account that patients were included in a clinical intervention. As supervision decreases, the effect of partner support on adherence increases. The implications of our results for future interventions and research are discussed.

Palabras llave : Partner; Coping; Cardiac illness; Social support; Adherence.

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