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Perceived social support and psychosocial adjustment in patients with coronary heart disease
Author(s) -
Karataş Tuğba,
Bostanoğlu Hatice
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
international journal of nursing practice
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.62
H-Index - 55
eISSN - 1440-172X
pISSN - 1322-7114
DOI - 10.1111/ijn.12558
Subject(s) - psychosocial , social support , medicine , outpatient clinic , disease , coronary heart disease , scale (ratio) , clinical psychology , physical therapy , psychology , psychiatry , social psychology , quantum mechanics , physics
Aim This study was performed to assess perceived social support and psychosocial adjustment in patients with coronary heart disease. Methods Participants were 250 patients referred to the cardiology outpatient clinic of a university hospital in Ankara, Turkey, between December 2013 and March 2014. Data were collected using a participant information form, the Multidimensional Scale of Perceived Social Support, and the Psychosocial Adjustment to Illness Scale‐Self‐Report. Data were analysed using frequencies, percentages, mean scores, and Pearson's correlation coefficient. Results Patients' mean perceived social support scores were relatively low and patients' mean scores for psychosocial adjustment considered to be poor. Subgroups in the psychosocial adjustment and social support scales were significantly associated. Conclusion This study's results indicate that patients' social support is linked to their psychosocial adjustment to coronary heart disease. As psychosocial adjustment is inhibited in patients who lack sufficient social support, sources of social support of patients should be identified and facilitated.