PERCEIVED AUTONOMY SUPPORT AND PSYCHOLOGICAL PROBLEMS AMONG CARDIAC PATIENTS: INTERCEDING ROLE OF TREATMENT MOTIVATION

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Fatimah Khakwani, Sarwat Sultan, Safia Rashid

Abstract

Objective: To investigate the mediating effect of treatment motivation betweenthe relationship of autonomy support and psychological problems amongcardiac patients.


Methodology: This cross sectional study consisted of cardiac patients recruitedfrom Chaudry Pervaiz Elhai Institute of Cardiology Multan from June 2014 toJune 2015. Patients were requested to provide the data on three scales aboutautonomy support, treatment motivation, and psychological problems;depression, anxiety, and stress.


Result: A total of 212 patients were included in the study. Findings fromregression analyses demonstrated that autonomy support predicted treatmentmotivation (B=.120, p>.05) and treatment motivation then predicteddepression (B =.028, p>.01) anxiety, (B=.055, p> .05) and stress (B=.037,p> .05) significantly. Treatment motivation mediated the effects of perceivedautonomy support on depression, anxiety, and stress (B = 2.73, 3.42, 1.47respectively).


Conclusion: Level of motivation for treatment of cardiac patients mediated theeffects of perceived care and attention received from physicians on their levels ofdepression, anxiety, and stress.

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