Social Support: An Important Factor For Treatment Adherence And Health-Related Quality Of Life Of Patients With End-Stage Renal Disease

Keywords

dialysis; End-stage renal disease (ESRD); health-related quality of life (HRQOL); perceived social support; treatment adherence

Abstract

End-stage Renal Disease (ESRD) or chronic kidney disease constitutes a serious public health problem in the United States. The purpose of this study is to examine the causal relationship of perceived social support with treatment adherence and health-related quality of life (HRQOL) of ESRD patients. The study utilized a non-experimental research design and Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) to analyze the data collected from a sample of 413 ESRD patients. The findings of the study supported a statistically significant relationship between perceived social support and HRQOL as well as between perceived social support and treatment adherence. Formulating appropriately targeted interventions to improve social support may help in enhancing the HRQOL and treatment adherence, where both those factors were empirically supported to be related to mortality and hospitalizations in ESRD patients. This study helps to enhance the body of knowledge relating to HRQOL of ESRD patients, and provided foundation for interventions in improving treatment adherence and the HRQOL. Future research may focus on the complexities associated with the HRQOL and treatment adherence in ESRD patients, with emphasis on demographic characteristics and its relationship with social support.

Publication Date

1-1-2018

Publication Title

Journal of Social Service Research

Volume

44

Issue

1

Number of Pages

1-18

Document Type

Article

Personal Identifier

scopus

DOI Link

https://doi.org/10.1080/01488376.2017.1374315

Socpus ID

85031909376 (Scopus)

Source API URL

https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/85031909376

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