The relationship between social supports and mental states of individuals with kidney transplants

Yaman, Zeliha | Yılmaz, Mualla

This study was conducted to evaluate the relationship between the social supports and mental states of individuals with kidney transplants. All the patients in Akdeniz University Prof. Dr. Tuncer Karpuzoğlu Organ Transplant Education, Research and Application Centre polyclinic comprised the population of the research, and the patients meeting the research criteria according to simple random sample choice comprised the sample of the research. The research data was collected between 30th November 2014 and 31st July 2015. Three different forms were used as data collection tools including socio-demographic information as well as the Multi-Dimensional Perceived Social Support Scale and Short Symptom Inventory. Besides descriptive statistical methods, Kruskal-Wallis Test and Whitney-U Test were ...