The mediating effect of resilience on the relationship between Type D personality and self-care behavior in patients with heart failure
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1Management & Welfare Division, Settlement Support Center for North Korea Refugees (Hanawon), Anseong-si, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea.
Aim:
There have been few studies done looking at the relationship between resilience, Type D personality, and self-care behavior in patients with heart failure. The purpose of this study was to identify the mediating effect of resilience on the relationship between Type D personality and self-care behavior in patients with heart failure.
Methods:
The subjects consisted of a sample of 90 heart failure patients aged ≥20 years who visited the cardiology outpatient clinic in the Chungbuk area of South Korea.
Results:
Among 90 patients, 49 subjects (54.0%) were classified as Type D personality, who exhibited statistically significant differences in resilience and self-care behavior (p < .001). A statistically significant correlation was also observed between self-care behavior score and resilience score (p < .01). The resilience had full mediation effects on the relationship between Type D personality and self-care behavior. In other words, the higher their resilience, the better their self-care behavior.
Conclusions:
The study showed that resilience and Type D personality have important effects on self-care behavior.
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