Gender and health behaviours of hypertensive patients: mediating role of control beliefs

Chukwuorji, JohnBosco Chika; Amazue, Lawrence O.; Ifeagwazi, Chuka Mike; Chibueze, Bernadette E

doi:10.1080/13548506.2016.1248451

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“…PROCESS is used for regression-based path analysis and creates product terms to analyse interaction effects, automatically centering the predictor variables prior to analysis. The Hayes PROCESS is currently the gold standard in major conditional analyses in psychological research (Chukwuorji et al, 2017). If a product term was significant, it would mean that the association between the independent variable (burden) and the outcome variable (HRQoL) was either stronger or weaker in the presence of the moderator (PCG), or that the direction of the association between the independent and the dependent variable changed in the presence of the moderator.…”

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Preparedness for caregiving moderates the association between burden and health-related quality of life among family caregivers of stroke patients in Nigeria

Onu

Orjiakor

Onyedire

et al. 2021

South African Journal of Psychology

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Studies on improving the health-related quality of life of stroke patients are abundant, but less attention has been given to the factors influencing the wellbeing of their family caregivers, especially in low- to middle-income countries such as Nigeria where the burden of stroke is expected to increase. In this study, we examined the moderating role of preparedness for caregiving in the connection between the burden of caregiving and health-related quality of life of family caregivers of stroke patients in Nigeria. Family caregivers of stroke patients (140 females and 60 males; aged between 18 and 57 years) were purposively sampled from a Federal Medical Center in Southeastern Nigeria. Participants completed measures of caregiver’s strain (burden), health-related quality of life, and preparedness to give care. Results showed that burden negatively predicted physical health (β = –.61, CI: [–.89, –.34]) and mental health (β = –.76, CI: [−1.07, –.45]) dimensions of the health-related quality of life, respectively. Results also showed that preparedness moderated the relationship between burden and physical health (β = .21, CI: [.11, .32]), as well as mental health (β = .24, CI: [.12, .35]) dimensions. Ensuring that caregivers of stroke patients are adequately prepared to give care could ameliorate the negative impacts of caregiving on health of family caregivers of stroke patients.

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Preparedness for caregiving moderates the association between burden and health-related quality of life among family caregivers of stroke patients in Nigeria

Onu

Orjiakor

Onyedire

et al. 2021

South African Journal of Psychology

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Emotional reactivity and blood pressure elevations: anxiety as a mediator

Ifeagwazi

Egberi

Chukwuorji

2017

Psychology, Health & Medicine

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There is a strong link between emotional reactivity and hypertension, yet little research to date has examined mediators of this relationship. Ourstudy investigated the mediating roleof anxiety on the relationship between emotional reactivity and blood pressure elevations. Participants were226 hypertensive patients (93 men and 133 women, Mean age = 53.09, SD = 13.88 years), purposivelydrawn from the General Outpatient Department in University of Calabar Teaching Hospital, Calabar, , Nigeria. . Measures for data collection were Emotional Reactivity Scale, State Trait Anxiety Inventory, and the Mercury Sphygmomanometer. Hayes PROCESS macro for SPSS which uses a regression-based, path-analytical framework, was employed in analysing the data. Results showed that emotional reactivity was positively associated with blood pressure elevations. Anxiety was positively associated with blood pressure elevations. Anxiety also fully mediated the relationship between emotional reactivity and blood pressure elevations, even after adjusting for the control variables (e.g., age, family history of hypertension, and educational status). The finding suggests that being less emotionally reactive is associated with a decrease in disabling influences of anxiety, thereby contributing to lower levels of mean arterial blood pressure. The findings may be helpful in improving prevention, control and management of hypertension in healthcare.

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Moderating role of motivational preference in the relationship between attachment quality and emotional empathy among autistic caregivers

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Ukeme

Nwanosike

et al. 2021

Psychology, Health & Medicine

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Gender and health behaviours of hypertensive patients: mediating role of control beliefs

Cited by 4 publications

References 20 publications

Preparedness for caregiving moderates the association between burden and health-related quality of life among family caregivers of stroke patients in Nigeria

Preparedness for caregiving moderates the association between burden and health-related quality of life among family caregivers of stroke patients in Nigeria

Emotional reactivity and blood pressure elevations: anxiety as a mediator

Moderating role of motivational preference in the relationship between attachment quality and emotional empathy among autistic caregivers

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