title: The relationship between quality of life, sense of coherence and self-esteem in persons after coronary artery bypass graft surgery.
abstract: We examined the contribution of Antonovsky's sense of coherence in explaining the variance of quality of life (QOL) in 84 patients 1-2 years following coronary artery bypass graft surgery. The hypothesis was: after controlling for variables related to poor health vulnerability, perceived support, self-esteem, and chronic illness trajectory instability and work, the addition of sense of coherence will significantly add to the explained variance of quality of life. The first two variables explained 49% of the variance of the QOL scale. Adding perceived social support, self-esteem and sense of coherence increased explained variance to 64%, 69%, and 75%, respectively. These findings supported our hypothesis.
authors.affiliation: Department of General and Specialized Nursing, School of Nursing of Ribeirão Preto, University of São Paulo, Campus Universitário, 3900, 14040-902 Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo, Brazil. rsdantas@eerp.usp.br
authors.forename: Rosana Aparecida Spadoti
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Dantas
authors.forename: Sandra Adams
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Motzer
authors.forename: Marcia Aparecida
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Ciol
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001026:Coronary Artery Bypass / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D016014:Linear Models; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011788:Quality of Life; D012649:Self Concept; D012944:Social Support; D014861:Washington