Qin Z, Mei S, Gao T, Liang L, Li C, Hu Y, Guo X, Meng C, Lv J, Yuan T, Fei J, Tong Q, Yang Y. Self-Esteem as a Mediator between Life Satisfaction and Depression among Cardiovascular Disease Patients.
Clin Nurs Res 2021;
31:115-121. [PMID:
34259087 DOI:
10.1177/10547738211030002]
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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.
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