Influence of social support on subjective well-being of patients with chronic diseases in China: chain-mediating effect of self-efficacy and perceived stress

Frontiers in Public Health

Public Health

Jiangyun Chen¹  Diyue Liu²  Zhenni Luo³  Weihong Xu³  Sisi Zhong³  Yan Guan³  Siyu Zheng³  Yun Li³  Lu Li³  Yibo Wu⁴  Siyuan Liu⁵  Xuanhao Yin⁵  Haozheng Zhou⁵ 

[1] Center for WHO Studies and Department of Health Management, School of Health Management of Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China;International School of Public Health and One Health, Hainan Medical University, Haikou, China;School of Health Management, Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, China;School of Public Health, Peking University, Beijing, China;School of Public Health, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China;

关键词: social support;    self-efficacy;    subjective well-being;    perceived stress;    chain-mediating effect;    patients with chronic diseases;   

DOI  :  10.3389/fpubh.2023.1184711

 received in 2023-03-15, accepted in 2023-05-23,  发布年份 2023

来源: Frontiers

【 摘 要 】

IntroductionThe well-being of patients with chronic diseases is an issue of widespread concern in public health. While social support is thought to have a positive effect on it, the mechanisms of its influence have not been fully addressed. Thus, we explored the possible mediating effects of self-efficacy and perceived stress to determine the relationship between social support and well-being in these patients.MethodsA cross-sectional study was conducted among 4,657 patients with chronic diseases in China. The PROCESS Macro model 6 of SPSS was employed to explore the intermediary role between variables.ResultsSelf-efficacy and perceived stress played a partial intermediary role between social support and subjective well-being, with an effect ratio of 48.25% and 23.61%, respectively. Self-efficacy and perceived stress had a chain intermediary effect (28.14%) between social support and subjective well-being.DiscussionThis study suggested that improving the self-efficacy of patients with chronic diseases to cope with the changes in social support caused by the disease could reduce stress and enhance subjective well-being.

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