The Correlation Between Social Support and Self-Care Agency in ElderlyPatients with Hypertension

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dc.contributor.authorKılıç, Serap Parlar
dc.contributor.authorKılıç, Nermin
dc.contributor.authorDemirel, Cihat
dc.date.accessioned2023-01-12T20:32:33Z
dc.date.available2023-01-12T20:32:33Z
dc.date.issued2021
dc.departmentN/A/Departmenten_US
dc.description.abstractBackground: The purpose of this descriptive study is to investigate the relationship betweensocial support and self-care agency in elderly patients who are hypertensive.Methods: This study was conducted with 150 patients who were hypertensive aged ?65 whoapplied to the cardiology outpatient clinic of Firat University Hospital (Elazığ, Turkey). Patientinformation form, including sociodemographic and disease-related data, Self-Care AgencyScale, and Multidimensional Scale of Perceived Social Support were used for data collection.Independent t-test for pairwise comparison, Kruskal-Wallis test for multiple group compari son, and Pearson’s correlation analysis for correlation between the study variables were usedto assess the data.Results: The correlation analysis made between self-care agency and social support revealedthat self-care agency had a positive and significant correlation with family support (r=0.944, P < .001), friend support (r=.380, P < .001), significant other support (r=.386, P < .001), and totalsupport (r=.406, P < .001). It was found that patients with high self-care agency mean scoreshad high mean scores of support from family, friends, and significant other and total support.Conclusion: This study revealed that there was a significant correlation between self-careagency and social support in elderly patients who are hypertensive and that social supportincreased self-care agency. According to these results, attention should be paid to the socialsupport used by patients who are hypertensive.en_US
dc.identifier.doi10.5152/jern.2021.91979
dc.identifier.endpage187en_US
dc.identifier.issn2757-9204
dc.identifier.issue2en_US
dc.identifier.startpage180en_US
dc.identifier.trdizinid487762en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.5152/jern.2021.91979
dc.identifier.urihttps://search.trdizin.gov.tr/yayin/detay/487762
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/11454/81163
dc.identifier.volume18en_US
dc.indekslendigikaynakTR-Dizinen_US
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.relation.ispartofJournal of education and research in nursing (Online)en_US
dc.relation.publicationcategoryMakale - Ulusal Hakemli Dergi - Kurum Öğretim Elemanıen_US
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessen_US
dc.titleThe Correlation Between Social Support and Self-Care Agency in ElderlyPatients with Hypertensionen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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