Urban men do not feel comfortable for seeking health care in normal condition. They only demand health care in case of severe situations like:
Unbearable pain
Inability to do work etc.
This study is going to to introduced self-management technique by using Internet to deal with CHD. Social media is main source of information on internet and Patients with CHD can find information and techniques to deal with it.
Can academic researchers and medical professionals please introduce me some possible Mediators or Moderators to influence self-management of Coronary Heart Disease (CHD) through social media?
Hi Naveed,
Nice topic to explore! I recommend you to go through this beautiful manuscript, it is well constructed and conducted:
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24887107
Regards,
Dr. Rayes
@Ibrahim Khalid Rayes
Thanks for sharing such a useful manuscript. It will be surely helpful in our study.
I would imagine that access to health insurance, income, age, gender identify, ability/disability, and psychiatric disorders (consider relevant phobias) may be potential moderators. There are probably many others that I am not thinking about now though.
@Cristina Bares
Thank you so much for highlighting the potential moderators, that can be used in our study.
Mediators might be constructs such as self efficacy to be successful in a self management program, what stage of change the individual is at in terms of changing behaviors, etc. The theoretical constructs may be useful here in terms of health behavior theories and models.
@Karen D Liller
Thank you for suggesting mediator that can be used in our study. Can you please recommend some theories supporting self-efficacy as a mediator?
I would take a look at social cognitive theory and the health belief model as self-efficacy is included in both of them-especially important to social cognitive theory.
@Karen D Liller
thank you so much for suggesting social cognitive theory that will give insights into CHD research.
I hope you realize that mediators and moderators are totally different from each other!
@Michael Moore
Dear Colleague! Thank you for your comment. Actualy, I am trying to develop moderated-mediation model in this context and i realize the difference between mediator and moderator. However, i need suggestions for variables that can contribute as a mediator and moderator in this framework.
It can be an important topic, I think "cognitive appraisal" can be a mediator at psychological level and "learning" at educational point of view and beliefs, social support and culture can be considered as moderators.
@Amirmaziar Niaei
Thank you for your comments. cognitive appraisal can act as a strong mediator for psychological well-being in CHD patients. Other possible moderators can also give insights in the study. Your comment is really useful for our study.
- Badges
- Science topic
- Similar topics
- Medicine
- Public Health