ArticleWorld journal of psychiatry2024
Mediating role of social support in dysphoria, despondency, and quality of life in patients undergoing maintenance hemodialysis.
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- Flourishing in individuals undergoing maintenance hemodialysis in Shanghai: a Latent Profile Analysis.Frontiers in psychology · 2026Article
- The relationship between flourishing, social support, and regulatory emotional self-efficacy in maintenance hemodialysis patients: a network analysis.BMC psychiatry · 2025Article
- Heterogeneity of benefit finding in maintenance hemodialysis patients: a decision tree-based subgroup analysis of self-efficacy and social support.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2025Article
- Investigation of Exercise Status and Related Influencing Factors Among Maintenance Hemodialysis Patients in Nantong Region: A Cross-Sectional Study in China (2024-2025).Risk management and healthcare policy · 2025Article
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Abstract
backgroundDysphoria and despondency are prevalent psychological issues in patients undergoing Maintenance Hemodialysis (MHD) that significantly affect their quality of life (QOL). High levels of social support can significantly improve the physical and mental well-being of patients undergoing MHD. Currently, there is limited research on how social support mediates the relationship between dysphoria, despondency, and overall QOL in patients undergoing MHD. It is imperative to investigate this mediating effect to mitigate dysphoria and despondency in patients undergoing MHD, ultimately enhancing their overall QOL.
aimTo investigate the mediating role of social support in relationships between dysphoria, despondency, and QOL among patients undergoing MHD.
methodsParticipants comprised 289 patients undergoing MHD, who were selected using a random sampling approach. The Social Support Rating Scale, Self-Rating Anxiety Scale, Self-Rating Depression Scale, and QOL Scale were administered. Correlation analysis was performed to examine the associations between social support, dysphoria, despondency, and QOL in patients undergoing MHD. To assess the mediating impact of social support on dysphoria, despondency, and QOL in patients undergoing MHD, a bootstrap method was applied.
resultsSignificant correlations among social support, dysphoria, despondency, and quality in patients undergoing MHD were observed (all
conclusionThese findings suggest that social support plays a significant mediating role in the relationship between dysphoria, despondency, and QOL in patients undergoing MHD.
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