Disease acceptance and social support in patients with peripheral vascular diseases treated in the surgical ward

• DOI: 10.1002/nop2.1007
• Publication Date: 2021-08-06T08:35:02Z
• Authors: Józefa Czarnecka; Ewa Kobos; Zofia Sienkiewicz
• Keywords: Peripheral Vascular Diseases; peripheral vascular diseases; RT1-120; 1. No poverty; Social Support; Nursing; social support; 3. Good health; surgery; 03 medical and health sciences; Cross-Sectional Studies; 0302 clinical medicine; disease acceptance; Quality of Life; Humans; patient; Research Articles

AbstractAimThe purpose of this study is a comparative analysis of the degree of disease acceptance and social support in patients with peripheral vascular diseases and other medical conditions treated in surgery ward.DesignA cross‐sectional study.MethodsThis cross‐sectional study compares disease acceptance and social support in a group of 212 patients with peripheral vascular diseases and other conditions treated in surgery ward. A standardized Acceptance of Illness Scale (AIS) and Social Support Scale were used to collect the research data.ResultsOverall, on the AIS, 14% of patients with surgical diseases and 34% of patients with vascular diseases had a low disease acceptance rate. A high level of support was demonstrated in 41% of study participants with surgically treated diseases and in 17% of participants with vascular diseases.