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Relationship between fatigue and social support in hemodialysis patients
Author(s) -
Karadag Ezgi,
Kilic Serap Parlar,
Metin Ozgur
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
nursing and health sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.563
H-Index - 47
eISSN - 1442-2018
pISSN - 1441-0745
DOI - 10.1111/nhs.12008
Subject(s) - hemodialysis , social support , correlation , medicine , psychology , test (biology) , physical therapy , family support , social psychology , mathematics , paleontology , geometry , biology
The aim of this study was to evaluate the relationship between fatigue and social support in hemodialysis patients in T urkey. This study was conducted on 73 patients receiving hemodialysis treatment in a hemodialysis unit in the province of M alatya between J uly and N ovember 2011. A questionnaire consisting of 16 questions for sociodemographic and disease data was used together with the M ultidimensional S cale of P erceived S ocial S upport ( MSPSS ) and the F atigue S everity S cale ( FSS ). In statistical evaluation, the M ann– W hitney U ‐test, independent t ‐test, K ruskal– W allis test, and P earson's correlation analysis were used. Correlation analysis between severity of fatigue in hemodialysis patients and social support revealed a significant relationship in the negative direction between fatigue severity and support from family ( r = −0.404, P < 0.05), support from friends ( r = −0.635, P < 0.05), support from a special person ( r = −0.638, P < 0.05) and overall support ( r = −0.643, P < 0.05). Patients with severe fatigue had low mean scores for support from family, friends, a special person and overall, whereas a high level of social support decreased the level of fatigue. When giving care to patients on hemodialysis, nurses should consider the effect of social support on fatigue and approach their patients from this perspective.