在慢性肝炎C患者中感知到的社会支持和焦虑
Muhammad Hafeez1, Qurat Ul Ain Hafeez2, Fuad Ahmad Siddiqi3
1Muhammad Hafeez, FCPS (Medicine), FCPS (Gastro), FACG, FASGE (USA), FRCP (Edin), SCE Gastro (UK), CHPE (NUMS). Professor of Medicine, Bahria University Health Sciences Campus Karachi, Gastroenterologist & HOD Medicine, PNS Shifa, Karachi Pakistan.
Pakistan journal of medical sciences
|November 8, 2023
概括
在慢性肝炎C患者中,感知到的社会支持 (PSS) 与焦虑有负相关性. 焦虑在女性中更为普遍,这凸显了社会支持对管理这种情况的重要性.
科学领域:
- 医学 社会科学 医学社会科学
- 精神病学是一个精神病学.
- 肝病学 肝病学是一种肝病学.
背景情况:
- 慢性型肝炎 (CHC) 给患者带来了重大的心理挑战.
- 焦虑是一种常见的并发症,影响患者的福祉和治疗坚持.
- 了解影响焦虑的因素,如社会支持,对于综合护理至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 研究诊断为慢性肝炎C (CHC) 的患者感知到的社会支持 (PSS) 和焦虑水平之间的关系.
- 为了确定在PSS和CHC患者中的焦虑中潜在的性别差异.
主要方法:
- 在伊斯兰堡和拉瓦尔宾迪,对250名年龄在31至50岁的CHC患者进行了横截面调查.
- 使用有目的和雪球采样技术.
- 标准化问卷,包括感知社会支持量表和贝克焦虑清单,用于评估PSS和焦虑.
主要成果:
- 在PSS和焦虑之间发现了显著的负相关性 (r = -0.31,p < .05),表明更高的支持与更低的焦虑有关.
- 虽然PSS在性别上没有显著差异,但女性报告了显著更高的焦虑水平 (M = 56.18,SD = 11.36).
- 这项研究包括185名男性 (74%) 和65名女性 (26%).
结论:
- 感知到的社会支持在患有慢性肝炎C的个体中显示出对焦虑的保护作用.
- 在女性CHC患者中,焦虑似乎更为普遍.
- 旨在加强社会支持的干预措施可能有助于减轻这一群体的焦虑.
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