[Investigation of social support for inpatients with occupational diseases].
OBJECTIVE
To investigate and analyze the social support for inpatients with occupational diseases and to provide reference and basis for relevant medical and nursing interventions.


METHODS
The social support rating scale (SSRS) was used to investigate the social support for 95 inpatients with occupational diseases.


RESULTS
The total SSRS score of these patients was significantly lower than the national norm (32.5±9.31 vs 34.56±3.73, P < 0.05). The social support was mainly from the family, but medical staff and spiritual support were the main source and type of social support that are expected.


CONCLUSIONS
Patients with occupational diseases have gained little social support, in both economic and spiritual aspects. In clinical practice, the patient's demand for knowledge of diseases and spiritual needs should be satisfied, and appropriate social support should be provided.
Department of Occupational Diseases, Shenzhen Prevention and Treatment Center for Occupational Diseases, Shenzhen 518001, China.
Lu
L
Liu
Yi-hua
YH
Zhang
Jian-jie
JJ
Zhang
Jian
J
Liu
Sha-sha
SS
Hong
Jin-hong
JH
Wu
Yun
Y
Li
Zhi-min
ZM
Li
D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007297:Inpatients; D008297:Male; D009784:Occupational Diseases; D012944:Social Support; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D055815:Young Adult