Korean J Adult Nurs.  2017 Jun;29(3):323-331. 10.7475/kjan.2017.29.3.323.

Mediating Effect of Uncertainty on the Relationship between Social Support and Rehabilitation Motivation in Patients with Stroke

• Jeong HK
• Moon S

• KMID: 2406330
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.7475/kjan.2017.29.3.323

Abstract

PURPOSE
The purpose of this study was to examine whether the uncertainty mediates relationship between rehabilitation motivation and social support.
METHODS
Participants were 123 adults patients diagnosed as stroke in a hospital located in a Metropolitan City. Data were collected by self-administered questionnaires measuring uncertainty, family support and medical team support as social support, rehabilitation motivation. Data were analyzed using t-test, one-way ANOVA, Pearson's correlation, and multiple regression analyses. The significance of mediating effect was analyzed by Sobel test.
RESULTS
Family support and uncertainty, respectively, were influential on rehabilitation motivation (β=.39, p < .001, β=-.18, p=.011). Uncertainty showed partial mediating effect on relationship between family support and rehabilitation motivation, however, the effect was not significant (Z=1.63, p=.103).
CONCLUSION
Interventions improving family support and decreasing uncertainty may be helpful in enhancing rehabilitation motivation.

MeSH Terms

Adult
Humans
Motivation*
Negotiating*
Rehabilitation*
Stroke*
Uncertainty*

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  Figure 1 Mediating effect of uncertainty in the relationship between social support and rehabilitation motivation.

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