Open AccessDisease acceptance and social support in patients with peripheral vascular diseases treated in the surgical ward
Author(s) -
Czarnecka Józefa,
Kobos Ewa,
Sienkiewicz Zofia
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
nursing open
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.55
H-Index - 12
ISSN - 2054-1058
DOI - 10.1002/nop2.1007
Subject(s) - medicine , disease , peripheral , social support , cross sectional study , vascular disease , vascular surgery , physical therapy , pathology , psychology , cardiac surgery , psychotherapist
Abstract Aim The purpose of this study is a comparative analysis of the degree of disease acceptance and social support in patients with peripheral vascular diseases and other medical conditions treated in surgery ward. Design A cross‐sectional study. Methods This cross‐sectional study compares disease acceptance and social support in a group of 212 patients with peripheral vascular diseases and other conditions treated in surgery ward. A standardized Acceptance of Illness Scale (AIS) and Social Support Scale were used to collect the research data. Results Overall, on the AIS, 14% of patients with surgical diseases and 34% of patients with vascular diseases had a low disease acceptance rate. A high level of support was demonstrated in 41% of study participants with surgically treated diseases and in 17% of participants with vascular diseases.