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Social Support and Demographic Factors Influencing Compliance of Hemodialysis Patients 1
Author(s) -
Boyer Cherrie B.,
Friend Ronald,
Chlouverakis Gregory,
Kaloyanides George
Publication year - 1990
Publication title -
journal of applied social psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.822
H-Index - 111
eISSN - 1559-1816
pISSN - 0021-9029
DOI - 10.1111/j.1559-1816.1990.tb01517.x
Subject(s) - situational ethics , compliance (psychology) , regimen , hemodialysis , psychology , dialysis , social support , regression analysis , clinical psychology , social psychology , medicine , psychiatry , machine learning , computer science
The relationships between measures of social support, demographic and situational factors, and regimen compliance were examined among 60 in‐center hemodialysis patients. Data were obtained from structured interviews, self‐report questionnaires, and information from the medical records of each patient. Correlational analyses indicate that social support is significantly related to regimen compliance, as measured by potassium, phosphorus, and blood urea nitrogen (BUN). Contrary to prediction, this relationship disappears when the effects due to the demographic and situational factors are first removed from the regression equations. Age, gender, and length of time on dialysis are also significant predictors of compliance. These findings suggest