Illness perception in overweight and obese patients with cardiovascular diseases.
CONCLUSIONS: Illness perception and cardiac anxiety in patients with CVD were associated with anxiety and depression. Regression analysis showed that illness perception accounts for a significant proportion of the variance in both anxiety and depression for males, but not for females. Gender-specific interrelations between perceptions of CVD and indices of mental health have an implication for interventions to maximize the effect of therapy with these patients.
LEVEL OF EVIDENCE: Level V, Descriptive study.
PMID: 29726000 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Eating and weight disorders : EWD - Category: Eating Disorders & Weight Management Authors: Pokrajac-Bulian A, Ambrosi-Randić N Tags: Eat Weight Disord Source Type: research
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