Health-related quality of life and social support among Chinese patients with coronary heart disease in mainland China.
AIM
This study aimed to explore and identify the relationship between health-related quality of life (HRQoL) and perceived social support among Chinese patients with coronary heart disease (CHD) in mainland China.


METHODS
A descriptive correlational study was conducted with a convenience sample of 200 Chinese patients with CHD recruited from the cardiac outpatient departments of two university-affiliated hospitals in Xi'an, China. The Chinese Mandarin versions of the Short-form 36-item health survey (CM:SF-36) and the Medical Outcomes Study Social Support Survey (CM:MOS-SSS) were administered to assess HRQoL and perceived social support.


RESULTS
The results indicated that Chinese patients with CHD reported a poorer HRQoL and lower social support compared with their Western and Hong Kong counterparts. Multiple regression analyses identified four significant predictors of deteriorated physical health (increasing age, co-morbidity with heart failure or hypertension, and smoking status) and two significant predictors of poor mental health (co-morbidity with heart failure and perceived social support).


CONCLUSIONS
Health status and social support in Chinese people with CHD should be routinely assessed and, where feasible, addressed through appropriate individually tailored interventions.
['Wang|Wenru|W|', 'Lau|Ying|Y|', 'Chow|Aloysius|A|', 'Thompson|David R|DR|', 'He|Hong-Gu|HG|']
D044466:Asians D064646:Cardiovascular Nursing D002681:China D015897:Comorbidity D003327:Coronary Disease D006306:Health Surveys D006801:Humans D006937:Hypercholesterolemia D006973:Hypertension D010045:Outpatients D015995:Prevalence D011788:Quality of Life D012044:Regression Analysis D012907:Smoking D012944:Social Support D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires
Health-related quality of life social support Chinese heart disease