background: cancer diagnosis is an important event in an individual’s life which has considerable outcomes and implications for patient and his/her family. meanwhile, receiving assistance and support from family and friends has a significant impact on patients to help them to cope with disease-related stress and its treatment. this study aimed to assess the received social support and its corre...

conclusions perceived social support played an important role in improving the performance of self-care behaviors in our heart failure patients. given the strengths of the present study, these findings can be considered in future research in this domain. results based on the obtained results, educational intervention was effective in the improvement of perceived social support among our heart f...

conclusions to empower the staff of self-care support system, an appropriate training design is needed beside a good self-care support program. self-care team members must teach specific information or skills to patients and their families. these members must possess special knowledge and skills. also, the evaluation of self-care support program is one of the main components of the national sys...

background: support has been gradually acknowledged as a significant factor that exerts a positive influence on hemodialysis patients' lives as well as on the outcome of the disease. the purpose was to explore factors associated with social support of hemodialysis patients. methods: the sample studied consisted of 258 patients undergoing hemodialysis in public hospitals in athens, greece during...

background: social support is a form of social capital which can be related to the health of patients. chronic diseases such as diabetes are incurable but they can be controlled. however, the patient is always facing stressful physical, mental and social factors. therefore, he needs to receive different kinds of supports. the present research aimed to determine the factors of social support in ...