title: Psychological well-being in women with heart failure: can social roles make a difference?
abstract: I performed this study to examine whether the quality of women's social roles influences the impact of heart failure (HF) on their psychological well-being. Survey questionnaires measuring social role quality, physical health, and psychological well-being were completed by 169 midlife, older, and late-life women. Hierarchical multiple regression indicated that, after controlling for age, income, and physical health, social role quality accounted for a significant proportion of variance in multiple well-being outcomes. The quality of women's social roles may be an important consideration in the development of interventions to help women with HF live satisfying and productive lives.
authors.affiliation: College of Nursing, University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53201, USA. placs@uwm.edu
authors.forename: Sandra K
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Plach
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D015438:Health Behavior; D006304:Health Status; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000523:psychology*; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D011788:Quality of Life; D012044:Regression Analysis; D012931:Social Environment; D012938:Social Perception; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D014481:United States; D016387:Women's Health