Reyhan Doğan, Neşe Mercan, Çiğdem Yüksel
Journal of Education and Research in Nursing - 2025;22(4):249-253
Background: Nurses provide psychosocial care through individualized and recovery-oriented approaches and play a critical role in supporting patients' mental recovery and promoting adherence to healthy lifestyle behaviors among individuals with kidney disease. Kidney disease affects psychological well-being, yet the concept of mental recovery and its relationship with healthy lifestyle behaviors remains understudied. Aim: This study aimed to investigate mental recovery and healthy lifestyle behaviors in patients with kidney disease. Methods: This descriptive and correlational study was conducted between January and September 2023. A total of 138 patients completed a demographic information form, the Mental Recovery Scale (MRS), and the Health Promoting Lifestyle Profile II (HPLP II). Data were collected through face-to-face surveys. Descriptive statistics, Pearson correlation, and simple and multivariate regression analyses were used to analyze the data. Results: The mean age of participants was 49.59+/-12.54 years, 52.9% were male, and the mean duration of diagnosis was 42.74+/-52.23 months. The mean scores were 85.04+/-8.14 for the MRS and 135.70+/-18.43 for the HPLP II. The results indicated a positive and significant relationship between the total MRS score and the HPLP II subscales-Health Responsibility, Nutrition, Spiritual Growth, Interpersonal Relationships, and Stress Management. Mental recovery was significantly predicted by health responsibility, nutrition, spiritual growth, interpersonal relationships, stress management, and overall health-promoting lifestyle behaviors. Conclusion: Mental recovery was found to be moderately high and closely linked to health-promoting lifestyle behaviors. These findings suggest that promoting healthy lifestyle behaviors may enhance mental recovery in individuals with kidney disease and support more holistic psychosocial care.
