Effects of Depression, Self-esteem, and Family Support Towards Hopelessness of Patients Taking Hemodialysis

Abstract

The study is to examine the effects of depression, self-esteem and family support to hopelessness of patients taking hemodialysis. The Subjects were 147 patients who were taking hemodialysis three times a week in a hospital and clinic which is located in B city in Gyonggi-do. Data collection was performed from the 1st to 10th in September, 2014. Subjects’ average age was 52.4, male patients were 54.%, high school graduates were 48.3%, 57.1% had a religion, 85.7% had no jobs, 74.1% were economically difficult, most of them were taking hemodialysis three times a week. From the study, having a religion(β= .109), depression(β= .338), self-esteem(β= -.567), family support(β= -.137) were shown to affect the degree of hopelessness significantly, and adj R2 were 57.5. Findings suggest that intervention aiming at decrease of depression, nurturing of self-esteem, and improvement of family support are expected to lead to the decrease of hopelessness of patients taking hemodialysis. Received (May 15, 2015), Review Request(May 18, 2015), Review Result(June 03, 2015) Accepted(June 24, 2015), Published(August 31, 2015) 139-742 Sahmyook Univ. Graduate School, Wharangro 815, Nowon-gu, Seoul, Korea email: chldls2012@nate.com (Corresponding Author) 139-742 Dept. of Nursing, Sahmyook Univ., Wharangro 815, Nowon-gu, Seoul, Korea email: hansj@syu.ac.kr Effects of Depression, Self-esteem, and Family Support Towards Hopelessness of Patients Taking Hemodialysis Copyright c 2015 HSST 218