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ArticleNursing open2020

Social support predicted quality of life in people receiving haemodialysis treatment: A cross-sectional survey.

Ali Alshraifeen, Sami Al-Rawashdeh, Karimeh Alnuaimi, Fatmeh Alzoubi, Muath Tanash, Ala Ashour, Sajidah Al-Hawamdih, Suhair Al-Ghabeesh

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Article in Nursing open, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 35 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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35 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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Ali AlshraifeenAdult Health Nursing Department Faculty of Nursing The Hashemite University Zarqa Jordan.ORCID 0000-0001-8485-8669
Sami Al-RawashdehDepartment of Community and Mental Health Faculty of Nursing The Hashemite University Zarqa Jordan.
Karimeh AlnuaimiDepartment of Maternal and Child Health Faculty of Nursing Jordan University of Science and Technology Irbid Jordan.
Fatmeh AlzoubiDepartment of Community and Mental Health Nursing Faculty of Nursing Jordan University of Science and Technology Irbid Jordan.
Muath TanashAdult Health Nursing Department Faculty of Nursing The Hashemite University Zarqa Jordan.
Ala AshourAdult Health Nursing Department Faculty of Nursing The Hashemite University Zarqa Jordan.
Sajidah Al-HawamdihFaculty of Nursing Isra University Amman Jordan.
Suhair Al-GhabeeshFaculty of Nursing Al-Zaytoonah University of Jordan Amman Jordan.

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6 · The paper itself

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: Respondents scored highest on the social relationships domain of QOL (55.5

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Quality of LifeRenal DialysisCross-Sectional StudiesHumansJordanSocial Supportend‐stage renal diseasehaemodialysisquality of lifesocial support

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PMID32802372
PMCPMC7424448

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