The Role of Personality and Social Support in Health-Related Quality of Life in Chronic Kidney Disease Patients
| Autor: | Abdul Halim Abdul Gafor, Rozmi Ismail, Norhayati Ibrahim, Normah Che Din, Sharlene S. L. Teo |
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| Rok vydání: | 2015 |
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Male medicine.medical_specialty Coping (psychology) Adolescent Science media_common.quotation_subject Young Adult Social support Quality of life Surveys and Questionnaires medicine Humans Personality Renal Insufficiency Chronic Big Five personality traits Psychiatry Aged media_common Aged 80 and over Multidisciplinary Extraversion and introversion business.industry Malaysia Social Support Middle Aged medicine.disease Neuroticism humanities Quality of Life Medicine Female business Research Article Kidney disease Clinical psychology |
| Zdroj: | PLoS ONE, Vol 10, Iss 7, p e0129015 (2015) PLoS ONE |
| ISSN: | 1932-6203 |
| DOI: | 10.1371/journal.pone.0129015 |
| Popis: | BackgroundChronic kidney disease (CKD) is commonly associated with various negative health outcomes. The aim of this study was to examine the influence of personality and social support on health-related quality of life in patients with chronic kidney disease. Health-related quality of life (HRQoL) is the quality of life studied in relation to health, and it provides important information of patients' coping with their health issues.MethodParticipants comprised of 200 patients experiencing various stages of chronic kidney disease. All participants completed the Short-Form 36 (SF-36), Big Five Inventory (BFI) and the Medical Outcomes Study (MOS) Social Support questionnaires.ResultsParticipants consisted of 108 males (54.0%) and 92 females (46.0%) with the mean age of 59.3 years (SD 14.5). Results showed that higher levels of extraversion and lower perceived affectionate social support were associated with higher physical HRQoL, whereas higher levels of neuroticism were associated with poorer mental HRQoL.ConclusionThe current study found that certain personality traits, namely extraversion and neuroticism, were found to be associated with HRQoL. In addition, affectionate social support was also associated with higher HRQoL. Therefore, special attention should be paid to the personality of CKD patients, as well as the type of social support that they have, in planning interventions to improve their health outcomes. |
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