Mediating Effects of Rehabilitation Motivation between Social Support and Health-Related Quality of Life among Patients with Stroke

Yaeram Lee and Mihwa Won ()
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Yaeram Lee: Department of Nursing, Wonkwang University, Iksan 54538, Republic of Korea
Mihwa Won: Department of Nursing, Wonkwang University, Iksan 54538, Republic of Korea

IJERPH, 2022, vol. 19, issue 22, 1-10

Abstract: Post-stroke health-related quality of life (HRQoL) is poor, which is related to low social support levels and lack of rehabilitation motivation. However, there are limited studies that have systematically analyzed the mechanisms underlying this relationship in stroke patients. This study aimed to identify the mediating effects of rehabilitation motivation on the relationship between social support and HRQoL among stroke patients. A cross-sectional descriptive study was conducted on 176 Koreans aged ≥19 years who were admitted for rehabilitation treatment after stroke at three general hospitals in Jeonbuk. Data collection was conducted from September to December 2020 through face-to-face interviews using structured questionnaires and review of medical records. The significance of the mediation model was tested using SPSS 25.0 and the PROCESS macro for SPSS v3.5. Significant associations were identified between social support and HRQoL. Our findings revealed an indirect effect, suggesting that the effects of social support on HRQoL are mediated by rehabilitation motivation (B = 0.004, 95% bias-corrected bootstrap confidence interval = 0.002, 0.006). Social support for stroke patients had a positive effect on HRQoL, and rehabilitation motivation was found to have a partial mediating effect on this relationship. This study suggests that social support from healthcare professionals and families for post-stroke can improve patients’ HRQoL by inducing positive rehabilitation motivation. Therefore, developing intervention strategies to motivate rehabilitation could improve the HRQoL of patients with stroke.

Keywords: social support; rehabilitation; motivation; quality of life (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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