Association of social network and social support with health-related quality of life and fatigue in long-term survivors of Hodgkin lymphoma

Abstract

Both social network and social support are associated with better QoL and lower levels of fatigue in HL survivors. This information may be useful to health professionals and community organizations in implementing effective interventions to improve these patients' quality of life.

Social networks, mental health problems, and mental health service utilization in OEF/OIF National Guard veterans

“…Social support appeared less relevant to mental health service utilization than to mental health symptoms. Our findings linking social networks to mental health are largely consistent with previous studies showing that social networks [16][17][18][19][20][21][22], perceived social support , and All characteristics listed were included together in the same multivariable model AOR adjusted odds ratio, CI confidence interval, DRRI US deployment risk and resilience inventory unit support score, ISEL interpersonal support evaluation list-12 SN social network All characteristics listed were included together in the same multivariable model AOR adjusted odds ratio, CI confidence interval, DRRI deployment risk and resilience inventory unit support score, ISEL interpersonal support evaluation list-12, SN social network unit support [43][44][45][46][47][48][49][50] are all related to mental health symptoms. We replicated previous findings in National Guard that perceived support and unit support are important predictors of mental health [43][44][45], and also demonstrated that social network size may be another important predictor.…”

“…Several lines of evidence suggest that larger social network size may be associated with better mental health in National Guard. Social network size is inversely associated with mental health problems in community samples [9,10,[16][17][18], veterans [19][20][21], and other groups including cancer survivors [22]. One study found an inverse linear relationship between social network size and mental health conditions in veterans such that the probability of having a mental health condition was 38.3 % for those reporting no social network members, 28.1 % for those reporting one to two members, 18.5 % for those reporting three to five members, and 13.1 % for those reporting six or more members [20].…”

“…Low perceived social support has been associated with increased risk for depression [10,[24][25][26][27][28][29][30][31], posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) [9,[32][33][34][35], psychological distress [36][37][38], and poor quality of life [22,39] in multiple populations. This relationship may be particularly strong in military and veteran populations [21,23,[34][35][36][40][41][42].…”

Social support network and quality of life in multiple sclerosis patients

“…However, the relationship of other SSN dimensions (size, type of participants, contact frequency) with the HRQOL of patients is not known. The analyzed studies concluded that there was a statistically significant relationship between the SSN and HRQOL, or that the SSN was associated with better HRQOL in the patients studied, 23 which was a source of the social support structure 19,22 and group membership was strongly linked to life satisfaction 21 . These results are in accordance with the data from our study ( Table 3) that showed statistically significant positive correlations between the SSN composition, social group membership, participation in voluntary work, engaging in sports activities in a group and the HRQOL (physical health and mental health dimensions).…”

“…The size of the SSN is less important for a patient than the ties between people. For patients with Hodgkin's lymphoma, the composition of the SSN, for example, friends or close family, is associated with a better HRQOL 23 . However, there are no studies on the association between the SSN of MS patients and their HRQOL.…”