Perceived social support and sleep quality in patients with arteriosclerotic obliterans: The mediating roles of psychological flexibility

Ying Lu; Hongyan Gan; Yanyan Yuan; Chunyan Zheng; Liping Bai; Zhuanfang Zou; Yujin Yang

doi:10.1002/nop2.1419

Perceived social support and sleep quality in patients with arteriosclerotic obliterans: The mediating roles of psychological flexibility

Nurs Open. 2023 Mar;10(3):1647-1655. doi: 10.1002/nop2.1419. Epub 2022 Oct 25.

Authors

Ying Lu^{1

2}, Hongyan Gan¹, Yanyan Yuan¹, Chunyan Zheng¹, Liping Bai¹, Zhuanfang Zou¹, Yujin Yang¹

Affiliations

¹ Vascular Surgery Department, Nanchang University Second Affiliated Hospital, Nanchang, China.
² College of Nursing, Nanchang University, Nanchang, China.

Abstract

Aim: The aim of the study was to investigate the effect of perceived social support (PSS) on sleep quality in arteriosclerotic obliterans patients in China and examined whether psychological flexibility (PF) has a mediating effect between PSS and sleep quality.

Design: A cross-sectional survey.

Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted between September 2020 and December 2021 on 172 patients with atherosclerotic obliterans recruited from a hospital in China.

Results: PSS was negatively associated with sleep quality and PF, whereas PF was positively associated with sleep quality. This relationship between PSS and sleep quality was mediated by PF.

Patient or public contribution: Vascular surgery specialist nurses assisted the members of the research group in distributing the questionnaires after the patients gave oral informed consent, and the patients cooperated to complete the questionnaires. We thank both parties for their contributions to this survey.

Keywords: arteriosclerosis obliterans; nursing; psychological flexibility; sleep quality; social support.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

China
Cross-Sectional Studies
Humans
Sleep Quality*
Social Support*
Surveys and Questionnaires