Factors Influencing Received Social Support Among Emerging Adults With Inflammatory Bowel Disease: A Cross-Sectional Study.
Kendra Kamp, Amanda Holmstrom, Zhehui Luo and 2 others
PMID 33055542WHAT IT FOUND
Younger, married, employed emerging adults with inflammatory bowel disease reported more total support.
Those on immunomodulators or biologics reported more tangible support. Emerging adulthood factors were not linked to support.
Key findings
01Being younger, married, and employed were associated with greater total received social support; being married and younger were associated with greater emotional social support.
02Condition-specific factors were not associated with total, informational, or emotional received social support, but immunomodulators, biologics, and their interaction were associated with greater tangible received social support.
03Emerging adulthood factors were not statistically significantly associated with total social support or subscales.
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What it does not show
The study was cross-sectional, so it cannot show that age, marriage, employment, or medications caused differences in received social support. The analysed sample was small and convenience-based, with 61 adults; 82 met criteria and 21 were excluded for missing social-support data. The sample was predominantly female (n=55, 90%), educated, and diagnosed for an average of 6.4 years, so it may not represent more severely affected or recently diagnosed people. Response rate could not be determined because recruitment was through social networking and word of mouth. The study measured only amount of received support, not support quality or whether support matched desired support. The social support measure was general and may not have captured inflammatory bowel disease-specific support.
Declared interests
The authors declared no conflicts of interest.
The easy way to misread this
Do not read these associations as evidence that marriage, employment, or biologics cause greater social support. The study is a small cross-sectional survey of 61 analysed participants and measured only support amount, not quality or desired support.