Effects of multidisciplinary exercise management on patients after percutaneous coronary intervention: A randomized controlled study

Perceived social support among percutaneous coronary intervention patients over a long‐term follow‐up period

“…Over the long-term follow-up period, higher perceived informational support was associated with key risk factors (physical activity and cholesterol levels, among others) that are linked to the prevention of new cardiac events (Shi et al, 2022;Zhang, 2021). Our results…”

“…for example, it has been found that nursing-led interventions seem to improve various aspects of post-PCI problems, for example, selfmanagement, lifestyle modifications, psychological well-being and quality of life (Shi et al, 2022;Zhang & Qi, 2021).…”

“…Post‐PCI patients might experience a mismatch between their expectations and reality because of the effectiveness of treatment, which leads to rapid discharge (Valaker et al., 2017). Previous evidence shows that although CHD patients receive information about risk factors, support is critical for adherence to treatment (Kähkönen et al., 2020; Nicolai et al., 2018; Shi et al., 2022). Patients often perceive the PCI procedure as a curative treatment and that their illness is acute rather than chronic (Ashour et al., 2020); these perceptions have been shown to be associated with adverse outcomes (Thagizadeh et al., 2022) and poor adherence to treatment (Kähkönen et al., 2017).…”

“…Also, Pushkarev et al (2019) reported that the level of social support was associated with age and gender and significantly and independently affected CHD patients' risk of death after PCI. Support from nurses during the recovery after PCI is a key predictive factor of higher perceived health (Kähkönen et al, 2021;Shi et al, 2022). The amount of hospitalization required after PCI has significantly decreased in recent years, and this naturally affects the amount of social support that patients receive in the hospital (Pushkarev et al, 2019;Tuomisto et al, 2018).…”

“…Furthermore, there is evidence that low levels of social support are strongly connected to higher mortality in CHD patients (Pushkarev et al., 2019; Zhang, 2021). It has been suggested that social support benefits adherence to a healthier lifestyle (Hu et al., 2022; Shi et al., 2022); for example, people who experience higher levels of social support are more physically active (Resurrección et al., 2019; Shi et al., 2022), and they demonstrate better adherence to the self‐care recommendations (Shi et al., 2022). Social support is connected to both mental health (Sun et al., 2022; Thagizadeh et al., 2022; Zhang, 2021) and an individual's perceived physical health (Kim, Kim, et al., 2019; Kim, Lim, et al., 2019), as well as related to certain physiological factors such as cardiac responses to acute stress and blood pressure control (Thagizadeh et al., 2022), stimulation of the autonomic nervous system and plaque‐destabilizing factors (Huang et al., 2022).…”