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Social Support Plays Key Role In Dialysis Patients' Health
The results suggest strong social networks are important for maintaining dialysis patients' health. Kidney disease patients on dialysis often feel stressed because they must take time away from family and friends to undergo treatments.
In many cases, they may feel guilty about being ill and be reluctant to ask for support. Aurélie Untas (Université de Bordeaux, in Bordeaux, France), Christian Combe, MD, PhD (Université de Bordeaux and the Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Bordeaux), and colleagues investigated the influence of social support on patient survival, adherence to medical recommendations, and quality of life.
They analyzed data on 32,332 dialysis patients enrolled in the Dialysis Outcomes and Practice Patterns Study (DOPPS) conducted between 1996 and 2008. (DOPPS is a prospective study of adult dialysis patients randomly selected from 930 dialysis facilities in 12 countries.)
Patients answered questions related to social activities, whether they felt isolated, considered themselves burdens, and what kinds of support they received from family and dialysis staff.
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