health of patients in many disease including ME and CFS.
J Health Psychol. 2012 Feb 23. [Epub ahead of print]
Social Support and Invalidation by Others Contribute Uniquely to the
Understanding of Physical and Mental Health of Patients with Rheumatic
Diseases.
Kool MB, Van Middendorp H, Lumley M, Bijlsma JW, Geenen R.
Utrecht University, The Netherlands.
Abstract
This study examined whether social support and invalidation (lack of
understanding and discounting by others) are differently associated
with physical and mental health. Participants were 1455 patients with
fibromyalgia, rheumatoid arthritis, ankylosing spondylitis,
osteorarthritis, or another rheumatic disease.
Participants completed online questionnaires. Social support
correlated negatively with discounting responses of others
(moderately) and lack of understanding (strongly). Both invalidation
and social support were additively associated with patients' mental
health, but only discounting was significantly associated with
patients' physical health.
This suggests that improving health of patients with rheumatic
diseases requires the consideration of both social support and
invalidation.
PMID: 22363049 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
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