title: Social support for patients with allergic diseases.
abstract: In recent years special attention has been paid to the issue of social support. So far there has been no special, applied, definition that would explicitly describe what social support is indeed. It results from the fact that the issue of social support has been of interest for numerous disciplines of science that have own fields of research and practical application. These are, among others, psychology, sociology, pedagogy, medicine. The objective of the study is an attempt to analyze the level of social support by people with allergic diseases. The research instrument was a self-structured inquiry sheet consisting of 25 questions and socio-demographic details. The strongest support for the patients was offered by the closest family (84%), followed by friends (51%), further members of the family (28.8%), acquaintances (26%) and institutions (14.4%).
authors.affiliation: Department of Public Health, Medical University of Lublin.
authors.forename: Maciej
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Latalski
authors.forename: Marta
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Makara-Studzińska
authors.forename: Marzena
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Gajewska
authors.forename: Ewa
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Rudnicka-Drozak
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D005190:Family / Q000523:psychology*; D033062:Friends / Q000523:psychology*; D006305:Health Status Indicators; D006306:Health Surveys; D006801:Humans; D006967:Hypersensitivity / Q000523:psychology* / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D011788:Quality of Life; D012944:Social Support