Self-Esteem as a Mediator between Life Satisfaction and Depression among Cardiovascular Disease Patients. (January 2022)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Qin, Zeying; Mei, Songli; Gao, Tingting; Liang, Leilei; Li, Chuanen; Hu, Yueyang; Guo, Xinmeng; Meng, Cuicui; Lv, Jianping; Yuan, Tongshuang; Fei, Junsong; Tong, Qian; Yang, Yang
• Is Part Of: Clinical nursing research. Volume 31:Number 1(2022)
• Page Start: 115
• Page End: 121
• Publication Date: 2022-01
• Subjects: satisfaction of life -- self-esteem -- depression symptom -- cardiovascular disease; Nursing -- Research -- Periodicals; Nursing -- Periodicals; Clinical medicine -- Research -- Periodicals; 610.73
• DOI: 10.1177/10547738211030002
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1054-7738

Abstract

This study explores the association between life satisfaction and depression among patients with cardiovascular diseases and whether this association is mediated by self-esteem. A cross-sectional study was conducted in a third-grade hospital. We examined 300 patients with cardiovascular diseases with a mean age of 62.00 years (females, 133). Life satisfaction was associated with depression. Adding self-esteem to the model weakened the strength of the association between the two. Moreover, 34.2% of the effect of life satisfaction on depression could be explained by self-esteem. We found that self-esteem could totally explain the effect of life satisfaction on depression among patients with cardiovascular diseases.