Associations between depression, psychological resilience, and gratitude levels of patients with chronic diseases: Implications for medical social work practice.

IF 2.1 4区社会学 Q1 SOCIAL WORK

Social Work in Health Care Pub Date : 2025-05-17 DOI:10.1080/00981389.2025.2506395

Zeynep Başerer Berber,Melike Pak,Çağla Taşci

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Abstract

This cross-sectional study aims to examine the relationships between psychological resilience, gratitude, and depression levels of patients with chronic diseases (cancer, cardiovascular, and kidney diseases) in the context of medical social work practice. A survey model, one of the quantitative research methods, was used in the study. The sample consisted of 160 patients with chronic diseases who were regularly followed up for treatment in the polyclinics of Oltu State Hospital and Erzurum City Hospital operating in Türkiye. The hierarchical logistic regression model was used in the analysis of the data. According to the results, psychological resilience was the strongest predictor of depression in chronic patients, even when some sociodemographic and disease-related variables were controlled. While gratitude was found to have depression risk-reducing effects, some of this may be related to age. Also, high dependence levels and previous depression diagnosis were determined as important risk factors against depression. Medical social workers may benefit from interventions aimed at increasing psychological resilience and gratitude in the prevention and treatment of depression in patients with chronic diseases.

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慢性疾病患者抑郁、心理弹性和感恩水平之间的关系：对医疗社会工作实践的启示

本研究旨在探讨医学社会工作背景下慢性疾病（癌症、心血管和肾脏疾病）患者的心理弹性、感恩和抑郁水平之间的关系。本研究采用了定量研究方法之一的调查模型。抽样对象包括160名慢性病患者，他们在 rkiye省奥尔图国立医院和埃尔祖鲁姆市医院的综合诊所接受定期随访治疗。采用层次逻辑回归模型对数据进行分析。结果显示，心理弹性是慢性病患者抑郁的最强预测因子，即使在一些社会人口统计学和疾病相关变量得到控制的情况下也是如此。虽然感恩被发现有降低抑郁风险的作用，但其中一些可能与年龄有关。此外，高依赖水平和既往抑郁症诊断被确定为抑郁症的重要危险因素。在预防和治疗慢性疾病患者的抑郁症方面，医务社会工作者可能会从旨在提高心理弹性和感恩的干预措施中受益。

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Social Work in Health Care SOCIAL WORK-

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期刊介绍： Devoted to social work theory, practice, and administration in a wide variety of health care settings, this journal gives you the tools to improve your practice while keeping you up-to-date with the latest crucial information. Social Work in Health Care is edited by Gary Rosenberg, PhD, one of the most respected leaders in health social work. This creative, lively journal brings you the most important articles on research, leadership, clinical practice, management, education, collaborative relationships, social health policy, and ethical issues from the most respected experts in the field. The journal"s special issues comprehensively discuss a single pertinent health care theme.