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Influence of Self-Efficacy and Motivation to Follow a Healthy Diet on Life Satisfaction of Patients with Cardiovascular Disease: A Longitudinal Study.

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2020-06-24

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Castillo-Mayen, Rosario
Cano-Espejo, Cristina
Luque, Barbara
Cuadrado, Esther
Gutierrez-Domingo, Tamara
Arenas, Alicia
Rubio, Sebastian J
Delgado-Lista, Javier
Perez-Martinez, Pablo
Tabernero, Carmen

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MDPI AG
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Today, cardiovascular disease has a great impact on the global population due to its high prevalence. One challenge that cardiovascular patients face to achieve a better prognosis is to follow a healthy diet. This study focused on psychological factors linked to adaptation to a healthy diet in these patients. The main objective was to analyze the interrelationship between motivation to follow a healthy diet and self-efficacy to adhere to the Mediterranean diet with life satisfaction over time. The sample consisted of cardiovascular patients who were assessed at three measurement moments (NT1 = 755; NT2 = 593; NT3 = 323, average interval time: nine months). Correlation analyses showed that self-efficacy, motivation, and life satisfaction followed a pattern of positive relations across the three measurements. A time effect over the study variables was also observed. The results of path analyses showed that self-efficacy positively predicted autonomous motivation, which in turn was associated with patients' life satisfaction. This interrelation was stable over a period of 18 months. Moreover, life satisfaction predicted self-efficacy nine months later. Psychological interventions might be a positive resource for cardiovascular patients, since psychological variables influence their life satisfaction and their subsequent quality of life in their new health condition.

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Aged
Cardiovascular Diseases
Diet, Healthy
Female
Humans
Longitudinal Studies
Male
Middle Aged
Motivation
Personal Satisfaction
Self Efficacy

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Anciano
Autoeficacia
Dieta saludable
Enfermedades cardiovasculares
Estudios longitudinales
Humanos
Motivación
Satisfacción personal

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cardiovascular disease, healthy diet, life satisfaction, motivation, self-efficacy

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Castillo-Mayén R, Cano-Espejo C, Luque B, Cuadrado E, Gutiérrez-Domingo T, Arenas A, et al. Motivation to Follow a Healthy Diet on Life Satisfaction of Patients with Cardiovascular Disease: A Longitudinal Study. Nutrients. 2020 Jun 27;12(7):1903.