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The impact of emotional well-being on long-term recovery and survival in physical illness: a meta-analysis
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This meta-analysis synthesized studies on emotional well-being as predictor of the prognosis of physical illness, while in addition evaluating the impact of putative moderators, namely constructs of well-being, health-related outcome, year of publication, follow-up time and methodological quality of the included studies. The search in reference lists and electronic databases (Medline and PsycInfo) identified 17 eligible studies examining the impact of general well-being, positive affect and life satisfaction on recovery and survival in physically ill patients. Meta-analytically combining these studies revealed a Likelihood Ratio of 1.14, indicating a small but significant effect. Higher levels of emotional well-being are beneficial for recovery and survival in physically ill patients. The findings show that emotional well-being predicts long-term prognosis of physical illness. This suggests that enhancement of emotional well-being may improve the prognosis of physical illness, which should be investigated by future research.
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- Authors
- Lamers, S. M. A., Bolier, L., Westerhof, G. J., Smit, F., & Bohlmeijer, E. T.
- Affiliations
- University of Twente (NL)
- Trimbos Institute (NL)
- Corresponding author
- Lamers, Sanne M. A.
- Venue
- Journal of Behavioral Medicine
- Published
- 2011-09-15
- Volume
- 35
- Issue
- 5
- Pages
- 538-547
- ISSN
- 0160-7715 (ISSN-L)
- 1573-3521
- PMC
- PMC3439612
- OpenAlex
- W2052269750
- Cited by
- 306
- References
- 75
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- FWCI
- 0.73
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- hybrid
- doi.org
- Licence
- cc-by-nc
- Locations
- Journal of Behavioral Medicine (publishedVersion, cc-by-nc)
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- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Psychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Oncology › Cancer survivorship and care
- Health Sciences › Health Professions › General Health Professions › Health, psychology, and well-being
- Keywords
- emotional well-being, positive affect, life satisfaction, physical illness, prognosis, long-term recovery, survival, physical health outcomes, moderators
- MeSH terms
- Affect, Disease, Emotions, Humans, Mental Health, Prognosis, Patient Satisfaction, Survivors
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