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| Title |
Optimism and Hope in Chronic Disease: A Systematic Review
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|---|---|
| Published in |
Frontiers in Psychology, January 2017
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| DOI | 10.3389/fpsyg.2016.02022 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Cecilia C. Schiavon, Eduarda Marchetti, Léia G. Gurgel, Fernanda M. Busnello, Caroline T. Reppold |
| Abstract |
There is a growing recognition that positive psychological functioning (which includes constructs such as optimism and hope) influences health. However, the understanding of these underlying mechanisms in relation to health is limited. Therefore, this review sought to identify what the scientific literature says about the influence of optimism and hope on chronic disease treatment. A search was conducted in the PsycINFO, Scopus, Pubmed, and Web of Science databases using the indexing terms optimism, hope, chronic diseases, randomized controlled trial, and treatment between 1998 and 2015. In the articles, we identified the most studied diseases in context, the assessment instruments used, the participant characteristics investigated, the results found, and the publication dates. From our analysis of the articles that met our inclusion criteria, it appears that the study of these constructs is recent and there is evidence that individuals with greater optimism and hope seek to engage in healthier behaviors, regardless of their clinical status, and that this contributes to chronic disease treatment. More research is needed so that targeted interventions can be carried out effectively in chronic disease treatment. |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 13 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 6 | 46% |
| Ireland | 1 | 8% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 8% |
| Japan | 1 | 8% |
| Unknown | 4 | 31% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 10 | 77% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 2 | 15% |
| Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 1 | 8% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 195 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | <1% |
| Germany | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 193 | 99% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Bachelor | 33 | 17% |
| Student > Master | 25 | 13% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 24 | 12% |
| Researcher | 15 | 8% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 14 | 7% |
| Other | 37 | 19% |
| Unknown | 47 | 24% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Psychology | 55 | 28% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 32 | 16% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 25 | 13% |
| Social Sciences | 7 | 4% |
| Computer Science | 5 | 3% |
| Other | 17 | 9% |
| Unknown | 54 | 28% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 413. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 18 November 2021.
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