Abstract:
Objective To explore the relationship between rumination, social support, and sleep quality in kidney transplant recipients.
Methods A total of 210 kidney transplant recipients were selected using convenient sampling. Questionnaire surveys were conducted using general demographic questionnaire, social support rating scale (SSRS), Pittsburgh sleep quality index (PSQI), and multidimensional rumination in illness scale (MRIS). The relationship between rumination, social support, and sleep quality among kidney transplant recipients was analyzed.
Results There was a statistically significant difference in the SSRS scores among kidney transplant recipients with different marital statuses (P < 0.01). There were statistically significant differences in the MRIS scores among kidney transplant recipients with different ages and post-transplant time (P < 0.01 and P < 0.05). There were statistically significant differences in the PSQI scores among kidney transplant recipients with different ages, marital statuses, sources of transplanted kidneys, and post-transplant time (P < 0.05 to P < 0.01). The total score of social support in kidney transplant recipients was (39.98 ± 7.49) points, the total score of rumination was (63.13 ± 29.24) points, and the total score of sleep quality was (7.20 ± 3.75) points. Pearson correlation analysis showed that social support of kidney transplant recipients was significantly negatively correlated with sleep quality and rumination (P < 0.01), while sleep quality was significantly positively correlated with rumination (P < 0.01). The results of structural equation model indicated that rumination played a partial mediating effect between sleep quality and social support in kidney transplant recipients, accounting for 46.80% of the total effect.
Conclusions Kidney transplant recipients have poor sleep quality, and both social support and rumination are related to their sleep quality. Healthcare professionals should pay attention to patients' postoperative sleep status, and take appropriate measures to increase the sources of social support and enhance the utilization of support, which is beneficial to reducing the frequency of rumination and improving patients' sleep quality.