Mediating Role of Hope Between Social Support and Self-Management Among Chinese Liver Transplant Recipients: A Multi-Center Cross-Sectional Study

Dan Zhang, Nannan Zhang, Hui Chang, Ying Shi, Zijun Tao, Xu Zhang, Qi Miao and Xiaofei Li

Clinical Nursing Research, 2023, vol. 32, issue 4, 776-784

Abstract: This study aimed to investigate the common status of self-management in liver transplant recipients and to explore the mediating role of hope in the relationship between social support and self-management. Two hundred and ten liver transplant recipients from two tertiary hospitals were included. Questionnaires were used for general demographic information, the Perceived Social Support Scale, the Herth Hope Index, and the Self-Management Questionnaire for Liver Transplantation Recipients. Lifestyle management of liver transplant recipients was good, while the communication with physicians, cognitive symptom management, and exercise dimensions were less than satisfactory. Minimal assurance of family and education levels were significantly associated with self-management. Social support was positively correlated with self-management and hope ( r  = .31, p  

Keywords: self-management; social support; hope; liver transplantation (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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DOI: 10.1177/10547738221078897

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