Social Support Predicted Quality of Life in People Receiving Haemodialysis Treatment: A Cross-sectional Survey

Overview

Journal Nurs Open

Specialty Nursing

Date 2020 Aug 18

PMID 32802372

Citations 22

Authors

Ali Alshraifeen

Sami Al-Rawashdeh

Karimeh Alnuaimi

Fatmeh Alzoubi

Muath Tanash

Ala Ashour

Sajidah Al-Hawamdih

Suhair Al-Ghabeesh

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Abstract

Aims: To examine levels of social support and quality of life (QOL) and to examine the association between social support and QOL in patients receiving haemodialysis (HD) treatment.

Design: A cross-sectional study.

Method: social support and QOL were measured using the Multidimensional Scale of Perceived social Support (MSPSS) and the World Health Organization QOL-BREF questionnaires, respectively. A convenience sample of 195 patients receiving HD from different dialysis units across Jordan completed the questionnaires.

Results: Respondents scored highest on the social relationships domain of QOL (55.5 21.4) compared with the lowest mean scores of the physical and environmental domains (48.6 20.4; 46.2 17.3, respectively). social support had a positive significant association with quality of life. Multiple linear regression identified age and social support as influencing factors, explaining 24.6% of the total variance in the social domain of quality of life.Understanding the relationship between social support and QOL in patients receiving HD may provide guidance to the healthcare providers, family members and social services about the importance of social support to this group of patients.

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