Author(s): Vilhena, Estela ; Pais-Ribeiro, José Luís ; Silva, Isabel ; Pedro, Luisa ; Meneses, Rute ; Cardoso, Helena ; Silva, António Martins da ; Mendonça, Denisa
Date: 2017
Persistent ID: http://hdl.handle.net/10400.21/7451
Origin: Repositório Científico da Universidade Politécnica de Lisboa
Subject(s): Rehabilitation; Chronic disease; Quality of life; Subjective well-being; Portugal
Background - Living with a chronic disease is an experience that may affect aspects of an individual’s life, and are responsible for the management of several psychosocial factors which contribute to their quality of life (QoL). The aim of this study was, controlling for socio-demographic and clinical variables, test the hypothetical model to evaluate the simultaneous impact of psychosocial predictors (optimism, positive and negative affect, spirituality, social support and treatment adherence) on QoL and subjective well-being (SWB) in chronic Portuguese patients.
