Relationships between received and perceived social support and health-related quality of life among patients receiving
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Relationships between received and perceived social support and health-related quality of life among patients receiving methadone maintenance treatment in Mainland China Kaina Zhou1, Hengxin Li2, Xiaoli Wei2, Juan Yin1, Peifeng Liang1, Hongmei Zhang1, Lingling Kou1, Mengmeng Hao1, Lijuan You1, Xiaomei Li1 and Guihua Zhuang1*
Abstract Background: Social support has been considered one of the most important factors of health-related quality of life (HRQoL) evaluations among different populations; however, few studies have explored the relationships of both received and perceived social support to HRQoL among patients undergoing methadone maintenance treatment (MMT). Thus, the purpose of this cross-sectional study was to clarify these relationships. Methods: Participants were patients admitted at the two largest privately and publicly funded MMT clinics in Xi’an. The main explanatory variable was social support, both received (i.e., social network support and professional support services) and perceived (Multidimensional Scale of Perceived Social Support). The outcome was HRQoL, which was evaluated using the Short-Form 36 Health Survey version 2 (SF-36v2) and the Quality of Life Scale for Drug Addicts (QOL-DAv2.0). We carried out independent samples t-tests and multiple linear regression analysis to examine the relationships between received and perceived social support and HRQoL. Results: The study findings revealed that patients with good social support had significantly higher scores on the SF-36v2 and QOL-DAv2.0 (p < 0.05). After controlling for individual characteristics, the significant factors predicting HRQoL were good family relationships, usually communicating with others, a convenient service time, appropriate treatment charges, and good perceived social support (p < 0.05). Conclusions: Our results suggest that received and perceived social support influences HRQoL among individuals receiving MMT. Thus, these variables should be considered during health management efforts and interventions directed at this patient population. Keywords: Social support, Health-related quality of life, Methadone maintenance treatment
* Correspondence: [email protected] 1 Xi’an Jiaotong University Health Science Center, No. 76 Yanta West Road, Xi’an, Shaanxi 710061, China Full list of author information is available at the end of the article © The Author(s). 2017 Open Access This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license, and indicate if changes were made. The Creative Commons Public Domain Dedication waiver (http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/) applies to the data made available in this article, unless otherwise stated.
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