ÖLÇER, Zeynep Istanbul Universitesi - Florence Nightingale Hems Fak, Turkey , BAKIR, Nazife Mehmet Akif Ersoy Universitesi - Golhisar Saglik Hizmetleri Meslek Yuksekokulu, Turkey , OSKAY, Ümran İstanbul Üniversitesi - Florence Nightingale Hemşirelik Fakültesi, Turkey

Perceptions of Social Support and Self-Sufficiency in High-Risk Pregnancies

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Objective: Self-efficacy is the one’s belief in one will be successful in overcoming difficult situations be faced in the future. Social support means that spiritual or cognitive assistance supplied to embattled or under stress individuals by partners, family members, friends and acquaintances. The high self-efficacy and social support has a positive effect in the management of disease. This quantitative and descriptive study study was designed to identify the perception of self-efficacy and social support in high-risk pregnancies. Method: Research was conducted with 140 high-risk pregnant in Kocaeli University Medical Faculty Hospital Perinatology Clinic. The data was collected with Pregnant Information Form, The Self-Efficacy Scale and Multidimensional Scale of Perceived Social Support in between 27 January-30 April 2014. Results: It was found that Self-Efficacy scores of pregnants participating in the study 81.45 ± 10.98 and Multidimensional Scale of Perceived Social Support scores was 71.20 ± 11.86. It wasseen that age, number of pregnancies, births and children were effective in the self-sufficiency, education, income level, number of pregnancies, births, children and abortion story were effective in perceived social support. Conclusion: It is important to support the pregnants and development of strategies for increasing self sufficiency.

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Pregnancy , high risk , self , efficacy , social support

Journal Of Anatolia Nursing an‎d Health Sciences

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