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Relationship between social support and fatigue in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus in the east of turkey
Author(s) -
Aylaz Rukuye,
Karadağ Ezgi,
Işik Kevser,
Yildirim Melek
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
japan journal of nursing science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.363
H-Index - 17
eISSN - 1742-7924
pISSN - 1742-7932
DOI - 10.1111/jjns.12076
Subject(s) - type 2 diabetes mellitus , social support , diabetes mellitus , medicine , psychology , social psychology , endocrinology
Aim This study was planned to assess the levels of fatigue and social support in patients with diabetes and to determine the relationship between fatigue and social support in these patients. Methods A descriptive design was used in this research. The study was conducted between M arch and J une 2013 with 300 sampled patients from 1657 studied participants with type 2 diabetes who presented to the diabetes polyclinics of M alatya State H ospital and I nonu U niversity, T urgut O zal M edical C enter. The M ultidimensional S cale of P erceived S ocial S upport and the F atigue S everity S cale were used in the study. Results When the correlation analysis carried out between fatigue severity and social support in patients with diabetes was examined, a significant relationship was found in the negative direction between fatigue severity and family support ( r = −0.145, P < 0.05) as well as overall support ( r = −0.132, P < 0.05). A statistically significant difference was found between the F atigue S everity S cale score and sex, education status, occupation, cohabitation, presence of complications, and hemoglobin A1c ( P < 0.05). Family support was significant only with respect to marital status, occupation, and being employed ( P < 0.05). Conclusion It was seen at the end of this research that social support reduced the level of fatigue in a number of patients with type 2 diabetes. Nurses of diabetes patients should carry out fatigue assessments routinely and reflect these in nursing care plans by also associating them with the social support sources of the patient.