PURPOSE: @entity120 ( @entity120 ) is a life-limiting @entity102 that presents as an elevated blood pressure in the pulmonary artery. The uncertainty of the disease has a profound effect on relationships, @entity73 , spirituality, emotions, and exercise ability and can negatively impact health-related quality of life (HRQOL). The purposes of this cross-sectional, predictive, correlational study were (a) to identify relationships among the psychological factors ( @entity308 , @entity148 , stress), physiological factor (6-Minute Walk Test), situational factor (social support), and HRQOL and (b) to test a structural equation model in which @entity308 , @entity148 , stress, social support, and 6-minute walk distance predict HRQOL in adults with @entity120 . SAMPLE AND SETTING: A convenience sample of 166 adults between the ages of 21 and 80 years were recruited from the @entity120 Association's 10th International @entity120 Conference and Scientific Sessions in Orlando, Florida, and a @entity120 clinic in southeast Louisiana. Each subject completed 2 questionnaires: the 21-item Depression Anxiety Stress Scale and the Dartmouth Cooperative Functional Assessment Charts. RESULTS: The findings indicated a relationship between @entity308 , stress, @entity148 , 6-Minute Walk Test, social support, and HRQOL. The data collected from the adult @entity120 population fit the proposed predictive model for adults with @entity120 HRQOL. However, the researcher was unable to determine the best predictor of HRQOL in adults with @entity120 . CONCLUSIONS: The findings indicate @entity308 , @entity148 , stress, 6-minute walk distance, and social support play important roles in HRQOL among @entity1 with @entity120 . Advanced practice nursing strategies to increase HRQOL include counseling, @entity146 referrals, psychotherapy, guided imagery, leading support groups, and low-grade resistance training.

A predictive model of the effects of @entity308 , XXXX , stress, 6-minute-walk distance, and social support on health-related quality of life in an adult pulmonary hypertension population.

@entity1 :: ('9606', 'Species') :: ['patients'] @entity308 :: ('MESH:D003866', 'Disease') :: ['depression'] @entity146 :: ('MESH:D001523', 'Disease') :: ['psychiatric'] @entity73 :: ('MESH:D003072', 'Disease') :: ['cognitive ability'] @entity120 :: ('MESH:D006976', 'Disease') :: ['Pulmonary hypertension', 'Pulmonary Hypertension', 'PH'] @entity102 :: ('MESH:D002908', 'Disease') :: ['chronic disease'] @entity148 :: ('MESH:D001008', 'Disease') :: ['anxiety']
@entity148 :: (MESH:D001008,Disease) :: ['anxiety']
