Social support predicted quality of life in people receiving haemodialysis treatment: A cross‐sectional survey
Ali Alshraifeen, Sami Al‐Rawashdeh, Karimeh Alnuaimi, Fatmeh Alzoubi, Mu’ath Tanash, Ala Ashour, Sajidah Al-Hawamdih, Suhair Hussni Al‐Ghabeesh
Abstract
Aims: To examine levels of social support and quality of life (QOL) and to examine the association between social support and QOL in patients receiving haemodialysis (HD) treatment. Design: A cross-sectional study. Method: social support and QOL were measured using the Multidimensional Scale of Perceived social Support (MSPSS) and the World Health Organization QOL-BREF questionnaires, respectively. A convenience sample of 195 patients receiving HD from different dialysis units across Jordan completed the questionnaires. Results: 17.3, respectively). social support had a positive significant association with quality of life. Multiple linear regression identified age and social support as influencing factors, explaining 24.6% of the total variance in the social domain of quality of life.Understanding the relationship between social support and QOL in patients receiving HD may provide guidance to the healthcare providers, family members and social services about the importance of social support to this group of patients.