Meagher-Stewart D
Can J Cardiovasc Nurs. 1994;5(2):19-29.
Social support has been described as having a direct/main effect and/or a buffering effect on health. The buffering hypothesis contends that social support protects the individual from the pathological effects of stress while the direct/main effect hypothesis posits that social support enhances health and well being regardless of the stress level. The links between social support, survival, and quality of life and cardiovascular health and illness have been the subject of much investigation over the last decade. Nurse researchers have contributed to the theory development of social support and the cardiovascular client group. This paper is an interpretive overview of the research contribution of nurses to the social support literature in the area of cardiovascular illness. The review notes research strengths and deficiencies and proposes strategies that would enhance future development of theory on social support in this population.
社会支持被描述为对健康具有直接/主要影响和/或缓冲作用。缓冲假说认为，社会支持可保护个体免受压力的病理影响，而直接/主要影响假说则假定，无论压力水平如何，社会支持都能增进健康和幸福感。在过去十年中，社会支持、生存、生活质量以及心血管健康与疾病之间的联系一直是大量研究的主题。护士研究人员为社会支持理论及心血管疾病患者群体的发展做出了贡献。本文是对护士在心血管疾病领域对社会支持文献的研究贡献的解释性综述。该综述指出了研究的优势和不足，并提出了有助于该人群社会支持理论未来发展的策略。
