The Relationship Between Spiritual Well-Being, Adherence to the Disease, and Comfort Level in Hemodialysis Patients

Ayşe Nur Kılıç; Fatma Özkan Tuncay

doi:10.51754/cusbed.1654966

The Relationship Between Spiritual Well-Being, Adherence to the Disease, and Comfort Level in Hemodialysis Patients

Abstract

Purpose: This study was conducted to examine the spiritual well-being, adherence to the disease and comfort levels of individuals receiving hemodialysis treatment and to determine the relationship between the three variables. Methods: This study was conducted with 180 patients who were receiving treatment in hemodialysis units and met the study criteria. The study data were collected using the Introductory Information Form, Spiritual Well-Being Scale, End-Stage Renal Disease Adherence Questionnaire, and Hemodialysis Comfort Scale. To analyse the data, descriptive statistics, Mann-Whitney U test, Kruskal Wallis test Pearson’s correlation and multivariate linear regression analysis were utilised. Results: The total mean score of the Spiritual Well-Being Scale was determined as 109.44±17.15, the total mean score of the End-Stage Renal Disease Adherence Questionnaire was determined as 1029.03±160.84, and the total mean score of the Hemodialysis Comfort Scale was determined as 24.89±6.78, and a positive, weakly significant (p<0.05) relationship was obtained between the mean scores of the three scales. Conclusion: It was determined that the spiritual well-being, adherence to the disease, and comfort levels of patients undergoing hemodialysis were at a moderate level, and as the level of spiritual well-being increased in individuals, their adherence to the disease and comfort levels increased.

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Supporting Institution

There is no financial support from any institution/organization related to the study.

Ethical Statement

The study was performed in line with the principles of the Declaration of Helsinki and approved by the Cumhuriyet University Clinical Research Ethics Board (decision no: 2023-06/61).

Thanks

We would like to thank the institution staff who provided all kinds of support during the conduct of the study and the hemodialysis patients who volunteered to participate.

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Primary Language

English

Subjects

Internal Diseases

Journal Section

Research Article

Authors

Ayşe Nur Kılıç
0000-0002-7656-7420
Türkiye

Fatma Özkan Tuncay ^*
0000-0001-8059-1821
Türkiye

Early Pub Date

August 20, 2025

Publication Date

August 30, 2025

Submission Date

March 10, 2025

Acceptance Date

June 2, 2025

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Year 2025 Volume: 10 Number: 2

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https://doi.org/10.51754/cusbed.1654966

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APA

Kılıç, A. N., & Özkan Tuncay, F. (2025). The Relationship Between Spiritual Well-Being, Adherence to the Disease, and Comfort Level in Hemodialysis Patients. Instıtute of Health Sciences Journal, 10(2), 111-119. https://doi.org/10.51754/cusbed.1654966

AMA

1.Kılıç AN, Özkan Tuncay F. The Relationship Between Spiritual Well-Being, Adherence to the Disease, and Comfort Level in Hemodialysis Patients. J Cumhuriyet Univ Health Sci Inst. 2025;10(2):111-119. doi:10.51754/cusbed.1654966

Chicago

Kılıç, Ayşe Nur, and Fatma Özkan Tuncay. 2025. “The Relationship Between Spiritual Well-Being, Adherence to the Disease, and Comfort Level in Hemodialysis Patients”. Instıtute of Health Sciences Journal 10 (2): 111-19. https://doi.org/10.51754/cusbed.1654966.

EndNote

Kılıç AN, Özkan Tuncay F (August 1, 2025) The Relationship Between Spiritual Well-Being, Adherence to the Disease, and Comfort Level in Hemodialysis Patients. Instıtute of Health Sciences Journal 10 2 111–119.

IEEE

[1]A. N. Kılıç and F. Özkan Tuncay, “The Relationship Between Spiritual Well-Being, Adherence to the Disease, and Comfort Level in Hemodialysis Patients”, J Cumhuriyet Univ Health Sci Inst, vol. 10, no. 2, pp. 111–119, Aug. 2025, doi: 10.51754/cusbed.1654966.

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Kılıç, Ayşe Nur - Özkan Tuncay, Fatma. “The Relationship Between Spiritual Well-Being, Adherence to the Disease, and Comfort Level in Hemodialysis Patients”. Instıtute of Health Sciences Journal 10/2 (August 1, 2025): 111-119. https://doi.org/10.51754/cusbed.1654966.

JAMA

1.Kılıç AN, Özkan Tuncay F. The Relationship Between Spiritual Well-Being, Adherence to the Disease, and Comfort Level in Hemodialysis Patients. J Cumhuriyet Univ Health Sci Inst. 2025;10:111–119.

MLA

Kılıç, Ayşe Nur, and Fatma Özkan Tuncay. “The Relationship Between Spiritual Well-Being, Adherence to the Disease, and Comfort Level in Hemodialysis Patients”. Instıtute of Health Sciences Journal, vol. 10, no. 2, Aug. 2025, pp. 111-9, doi:10.51754/cusbed.1654966.

Vancouver

1.Ayşe Nur Kılıç, Fatma Özkan Tuncay. The Relationship Between Spiritual Well-Being, Adherence to the Disease, and Comfort Level in Hemodialysis Patients. J Cumhuriyet Univ Health Sci Inst. 2025 Aug. 1;10(2):111-9. doi:10.51754/cusbed.1654966