Abstract

Objective: This study was conducted to determine the effect of social support and spiritual well-being on posttraumatic growth in dialysis patients and their caregivers.
 Method: The population and sample of the research consisted of all dialysis patients (n=44) and their caregivers (n=44) who received inpatient or outpatient dialysis treatment at the Health Research and Application Center in the Department of Nephrology at Zonguldak Bulent Ecevit University between 13 July 2019 and 17 October 2019. The data were collected using the Multidimensional Scale of Perceived Social Support, the Spiritual Well-Being Scale, and the Posttraumatic Growth Inventory. 
 Results: The results showed that there was a positive correlation between the posttraumatic growth, spiritual well-being and social support scores of the dialysis patients (p

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