ArticleJournal of rehabilitation medicine2025
Pain catastrophizing, kinesiophobia, and exercise adherence in postoperative cardiovascular surgery patients: the mediating role of exercise self-efficacy.
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- Applying the fear-avoidance model to exercise rehabilitation after coronary artery bypass grafting a nurse-led intervention study.Journal of cardiothoracic surgery · 2026Trial
- Family Functioning and Kinesiophobia in Patients After Pacemaker Implantation: A Cross-Sectional Serial Mediation Study of Pain and Pain Catastrophizing.Journal of pain research · 2026Article
- Severity-Based Latent Profiles of Pain Catastrophizing and Their Cross-Sectional Associations with Fear of Pain, Sleep Quality, and Psychological Resilience in Patients Following Cardiac Surgery.Journal of pain research · 2026Article
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Abstract
objectiveTo explore the mediating role of exercise self-efficacy in the relationship between pain catastrophizing, kinesiophobia, and exercise adherence in patients post-cardiovascular surgery.
designCross-sectional study. SUBJECTS/PATIENTS: A total of 278 adult patients who underwent elective cardiovascular surgeries between March 2023 and February 2025 at a tertiary hospital in China.
methodsParticipants completed standardized instruments measuring pain catastrophizing, kinesiophobia, exercise self-efficacy, and exercise adherence. Statistical analysis was performed using SPSS 29.0, R 4.4.5, and Zstats 1.0, including mediation analysis.
resultsPain catastrophizing significantly negatively correlated with exercise self-efficacy (r = -0.830, p<0.001) and adherence (r = -0.953, p < 0.001), while positively correlating with kinesiophobia (r = 0.295, p < 0.001). Kinesiophobia negatively correlated with self-efficacy (r = -0.252, p < 0.001) and adherence (r = -0.277, p<0.001). Exercise self-efficacy positively correlated with adherence (r = 0.699, p<0.001). Mediation analysis revealed that self-efficacy partially mediated the relationship between pain catastrophizing and adherence (β = -1.11, p<0.001) and between kinesiophobia and adherence (β = -0.30, p < 0.001).
conclusionExercise self-efficacy is a critical mediator in how psychological factors like pain catastrophizing and kinesiophobia influence exercise adherence post-cardiovascular surgery. Enhancing self-efficacy may improve rehabilitation outcomes.
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