RT Journal Article
T1 Influence of Self-Efficacy and Motivation to Follow a Healthy Diet on Life Satisfaction of Patients with Cardiovascular Disease: A Longitudinal Study.
A1 Castillo-Mayen, Rosario
A1 Cano-Espejo, Cristina
A1 Luque, Barbara
A1 Cuadrado, Esther
A1 Gutierrez-Domingo, Tamara
A1 Arenas, Alicia
A1 Rubio, Sebastian J
A1 Delgado-Lista, Javier
A1 Perez-Martinez, Pablo
A1 Tabernero, Carmen
K1 cardiovascular disease
K1 healthy diet
K1 life satisfaction
K1 motivation
K1 self-efficacy
AB 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.
PB MDPI AG
YR 2020
FD 2020-06-24
LK http://hdl.handle.net/10668/15853
UL http://hdl.handle.net/10668/15853
LA en
NO 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.
NO This research was funded by the Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness, Grant number PSI2014–58609-R, in which Dr. Carmen Tabernero is the principal investigator.
DS RISalud
RD Apr 8, 2025