Erdem Özkaya, Gül Devrimsel, Münevver Serdaroğlu Beyazal, Murat Yıldırım
Southern Clinics of Istanbul Eurasia - 2025;36(4):383-388
Objective: We aimed to examine the relationship of perceived social support with functional status, life quality and depression in stroke patients. Methods: This study was carried out on 50 stroke patients who were diagnosed with stroke for the first time, who had a stroke for at least 6 months. Perceived social support with multidimensional perceived social support scale, functional status with Barthel index, life quality with stroke specific quality of life scale, and depression with Beck depression inventory were evaluated. Results: The mean age of the patients (34 males, 16 females) was 56.70+/-10.78 years. The mean disease duration was 25.9+/-31.46 months. Mean multidimensional perceived social support scale score of the patients was 51.42+/-14. The multidimensional perceived social support scale scores were found significantly lower in stroke patients with fully/highly dependent than those of the other groups (p=0.02). There was no significant relationship between family support and functional status, but there was a significant correlation between functional status and friends support, private individual support (p=0.477, p=0.022, p=0.021, respectively). There was a significant positive correlation between life quality and all subscales of multidimensional perceived social support scale (p<0.05). Beck depression inventory score was significantly high in patients with low social support (p=0.001). Conclusion: The perceived social support has a significant impact on functional status, quality of life and depression in stroke patients. The development of new intervention programs for perceived social support may significantly contribute to the rehabilitation treatment of stroke patients.
