Depression and perceived social support from family in Turkish patients with chronic renal failure treated by hemodialysis

TEZEL A., YILMAZ KARABULUTLU E., ŞAHİN ALTUN Ö.

JOURNAL OF RESEARCH IN MEDICAL SCIENCES, cilt.16, sa.5, ss.666-673, 2011 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 16 Sayı: 5
  • Basım Tarihi: 2011
  • Dergi Adı: JOURNAL OF RESEARCH IN MEDICAL SCIENCES
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.666-673
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: Depression, Social Support, Family, Kidney Failure, Chronic, Renal Dialysis, Patients, QUALITY-OF-LIFE, CHRONIC DIALYSIS PATIENTS, SYMPTOMS, PREDICTORS, SURVIVAL, DISEASE, EVENTS, MORTALITY, NETWORKS, FRIENDS
  • Ankara Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

BACKGROUND: Dialysis patients experience psychosocial problems, such as anxiety, depression, social isolation, loneliness, helplessness, and hopelessness. All of these psychosocial problems can increase patients' need for holistic care, including attention to the person's environment and receiving support from family. If dialysis patients are better supported and cared for, these negative consequences might be prevented or at least decreased. This study was performed to determine the perceived social support from family and depression level of hemodialysis patients.