INVESTIGATING THE ROLE OF SOCIAL SUPPORT IN CHRONIC DISEASE MANAGEMENT

Abstract

Consequently, this study showed how social support in Qazvin City dialysis patients moderates the association between death dread and resilience.   In Qazvin City, 347 dialysis patients participated in a descriptive-analytical cross-sectional study. The instruments utilized to collect the data were a few questionnaires.They employed convenience sampling. The data was analysed using descriptive statistics using SPSS software version 22 and M Plus software version 7.2.  These comprised mean and standard deviation for continuous data and counts and percentages for categorical/nominal data.  Regression analysis and tests were used to look at how the variables interacted. Through the mediating variable of social support, the SEM analysis demonstrated that there were substantial direct and indirect relationships between resilience and death anxiety. The study found that the relationship between death anxiety and resilience is significantly mediated by social support.