Influencia del apoyo social en pacientes con hipertensión arterial esencial

Abstract

Hypertense patients with a poor social network had higher blood pressure figures than hypertense patients with wider social networks.

Inadequate social support decreases survival in decompensated liver cirrhosis patients

“…These results were unexpected, because the importance of the influence of SS in chronic diseases has been widely demonstrated. [10][11][12][13] This could be explained by the small size of the population studied (n = 73), population non comparable to European countries, recruitment by telephone or email in the majority of cases or short-term follow-up.…”

“…lt is well known that SS has a significant influence in mortality of chronic diseases, such as arterial hypertension, diabetes, heart failure or cancer. 11,12,14,28 However, there is scant evidence on the effect that SS has in liver diseases. Social interventions in clinical practice have shown salid results in the improvement of the management and evolu-tion of chronic diseases and they also influence the results of liver transplantation.…”

“…10 In chronic diseases, such as arterial hyperten-sion or diabetes, patients with lower SS have a higher risk of developing cardiovascular events and die during long-term follow-up. 11,12 In population-based studies, social isolation has been associated with higher rates of mortality, accidents and suicides. [13][14][15] Due to these facts, the European Association far the Study of the Liver (EASL) has stated that future priorities to reduce the burden of liver diseases in European countries should be facused on education, both of medical professionals and the public, health system changes and social factors.…”

Research Perceived Competency Scale: A New Psychometric Adaptation for University Students’ Research Learning

“…This single-item measure used to quantify tangible social support derived from the proposal by Blake and McKay [57]. It refers to the social network or structural support identified as the number of people available in problematic situations [58]. Initially, the item was constructed for its application in epidemiological studies, with the following content: "How many close people do you have, upon whom you can really count, if you need help (for example, taking care of children or pets, being taken to the hospital or shopping, providing help if sick)?"…”