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The impact of emotional well-being on long-term recovery and survival in physical illness: a meta-analysis

This meta-analysis synthesized studies on emotional well-being as predictor of the prognosis of physical illness, while in addition evaluating the impact of putative moderators, namely constructs of well-being, health-related outcome, year of publication, follow-up time and methodological quality of...

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Autores principales: Lamers, Sanne M. A., Bolier, Linda, Westerhof, Gerben J., Smit, Filip, Bohlmeijer, Ernst T.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer US 2011
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3439612/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21918889
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10865-011-9379-8
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author Lamers, Sanne M. A.
Bolier, Linda
Westerhof, Gerben J.
Smit, Filip
Bohlmeijer, Ernst T.
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description This meta-analysis synthesized studies on emotional well-being as predictor of the prognosis of physical illness, while in addition evaluating the impact of putative moderators, namely constructs of well-being, health-related outcome, year of publication, follow-up time and methodological quality of the included studies. The search in reference lists and electronic databases (Medline and PsycInfo) identified 17 eligible studies examining the impact of general well-being, positive affect and life satisfaction on recovery and survival in physically ill patients. Meta-analytically combining these studies revealed a Likelihood Ratio of 1.14, indicating a small but significant effect. Higher levels of emotional well-being are beneficial for recovery and survival in physically ill patients. The findings show that emotional well-being predicts long-term prognosis of physical illness. This suggests that enhancement of emotional well-being may improve the prognosis of physical illness, which should be investigated by future research.
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spelling pubmed-34396122012-09-18 The impact of emotional well-being on long-term recovery and survival in physical illness: a meta-analysis Lamers, Sanne M. A. Bolier, Linda Westerhof, Gerben J. Smit, Filip Bohlmeijer, Ernst T. J Behav Med Review This meta-analysis synthesized studies on emotional well-being as predictor of the prognosis of physical illness, while in addition evaluating the impact of putative moderators, namely constructs of well-being, health-related outcome, year of publication, follow-up time and methodological quality of the included studies. The search in reference lists and electronic databases (Medline and PsycInfo) identified 17 eligible studies examining the impact of general well-being, positive affect and life satisfaction on recovery and survival in physically ill patients. Meta-analytically combining these studies revealed a Likelihood Ratio of 1.14, indicating a small but significant effect. Higher levels of emotional well-being are beneficial for recovery and survival in physically ill patients. The findings show that emotional well-being predicts long-term prognosis of physical illness. This suggests that enhancement of emotional well-being may improve the prognosis of physical illness, which should be investigated by future research. Springer US 2011-09-15 2012 /pmc/articles/PMC3439612/ /pubmed/21918889 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10865-011-9379-8 Text en © The Author(s) 2011 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial License which permits any noncommercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author(s) and source are credited.
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title The impact of emotional well-being on long-term recovery and survival in physical illness: a meta-analysis
title_full The impact of emotional well-being on long-term recovery and survival in physical illness: a meta-analysis
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title_short The impact of emotional well-being on long-term recovery and survival in physical illness: a meta-analysis
title_sort impact of emotional well-being on long-term recovery and survival in physical illness: a meta-analysis
topic Review
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