title: Mediation and moderation of the effects of watching the angiography screen on patients.
abstract: It has been reported that allowing patients to watch the coronary angiography screen during the procedure results in psychological benefits. This study aimed to investigate the roles of illness perceptions as mediators of this outcome and to examine whether individual differences in monitoring coping style moderated these effects. The experiment compared patients who were instructed to watch the monitor screen (n = 57) with those who were not (n = 51). Questionnaires were used to measure the research variables at one day and one month after the procedure. Results showed that watching the angiography screen increased patients' personal and treatment control perceptions that mediated changes in self-assessed health, risk perceptions, negative affect, general and diet outcome expectancies, and diet and physical activity intentions. The behavior-related outcomes were moderated by monitoring coping style. These findings illustrate the significance of illness perceptions, perceived control and monitoring coping style in achieving desirable outcomes among patients undergoing coronary angiography, and reveal opportunities for interventions using medical imaging technologies.
authors.affiliation: a The Gordon Faculty of Social Sciences, School of Psychological Sciences , Tel Aviv University , Tel Aviv , Israel.
authors.forename: Shoshana
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Shiloh
authors.affiliation: a The Gordon Faculty of Social Sciences, School of Psychological Sciences , Tel Aviv University , Tel Aviv , Israel.
authors.forename: Erga
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Drori
authors.affiliation: a The Gordon Faculty of Social Sciences, School of Psychological Sciences , Tel Aviv University , Tel Aviv , Israel.
authors.forename: Shira
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Peleg
authors.affiliation: b Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Department of Cardiology, Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center , Tel Aviv , Israel.
authors.forename: Shmuel
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Banai
authors.affiliation: b Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Department of Cardiology, Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center , Tel Aviv , Israel.
authors.forename: Ariel
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Finkelstein
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D001294:Attitude to Health; D017023:Coronary Angiography / Q000379:methods* / Q000523:psychology; D003324:Coronary Artery Disease / Q000523:psychology / Q000601:surgery*; D004035:Diet Therapy; D015444:Exercise; D006801:Humans; D033182:Intention; D062645:Percutaneous Coronary Intervention / Q000379:methods* / Q000523:psychology; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires
keywords: Cardiac patients; coronary angiography; illness perceptions; monitoring coping style; perceived control