Disease acceptance and social support in patients with peripheral vascular diseases treated in the surgical ward
Józefa Czarnecka1, Ewa Kobos2, Zofia Sienkiewicz2
1Department of Development of Nursing, Faculty of Health Sciences, Medical University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland.
Aim:
The 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.
Design:
A cross-sectional study.
Methods:
This 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.
Results:
Overall, 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.
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