Castillo-Mayen, RosarioCano-Espejo, CristinaLuque, BarbaraCuadrado, EstherGutierrez-Domingo, TamaraArenas, AliciaRubio, Sebastian JDelgado-Lista, JavierPerez-Martinez, PabloTabernero, Carmen2023-02-092023-02-092020-06-24Castillo-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.http://hdl.handle.net/10668/15853Today, 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.enAttribution 4.0 Internationalhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/cardiovascular diseasehealthy dietlife satisfactionmotivationself-efficacyAgedCardiovascular DiseasesDiet, HealthyFemaleHumansLongitudinal StudiesMaleMiddle AgedMotivationPersonal SatisfactionSelf Efficacyresearch article32605026open accessAncianoAutoeficaciaDieta saludableEnfermedades cardiovascularesEstudios longitudinalesHumanosMotivaciónSatisfacción personal10.3390/nu120719032072-6643PMC7400119https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6643/12/7/1903/pdf?version=1595552534https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7400119/pdf