Determination of perceived social support and stages of recovery in individuals with psychiatric diagnosis

This study was carried out in order to determine the perceived social support and recovery stages of inpatients or outpatients in the one of the Central Black Sea region's city of Mental Health and Diseases Hospital, Community Mental Health Center and University Hospital psychiatry clinic. For this purpose, the social support status and recovery stages of the individuals participating in the study were determined, and the relationship between social support and recovery stages was examined. The research was conducted between 11/10/2021-11/04/2022 as descriptive and cross-sectional. The study was completed with 230 individuals. Introductory Information Form, Multidimensional Perceived Social Support Scale and Stages of Recovery Instrument, which were created by the researcher by examining the relevant literature, were used to collect data in the study. Data were collected face to face from individuals who agreed to participate in the study. SPSS Statistics 25.0 program was used to evaluate the data. Number, percentage, minimum, maximum, median, mean, standard deviation, t-test, One-Way Anova and Tamhane's, Pearson Correlation were used in data analysis. For the statistical significance level, p<0.05 was accepted. 55.7% of the individuals participating in the study were female, 40% were single, the average age was 36.84±10.15, 47.4% were primary school graduates, 68,7%, of them were unemployed, 55.6% had a medium income were determined. It was determined that the Multidimensional Scale of Perceived Social Support mean score was 44.75±16.02, family sub-dimension mean score was 19.57±6.35, friend sub-dimension mean score was 13.59±7.09, a special person sub-dimension mean score was 11.58±7.12. It was determined that the mean score of the participants in the Recovery Stages Scale moratorium sub-dimension was 12.68±8.40, the mean score of the awareness sub-dimension was 15.28±7.92, the mean score they got from the preparation sub-dimension was 15.96±7.54, the mean score they got from the rebuilding sub-dimension was 14.72±8.85 and the average score they got from the growth sub-dimension was 12.07±8.70. A statistically significant relationship was found between the total and sub-dimension mean scores of the Multidimensional Scale of Perceived Social Support and participants' gender, education level, marital status, social security, employment status, place of residence and income status. (p<0.05). As a result of the comparison of the mean scores of the Recovery Stages Scale sub-dimensions in terms of the sociodemographic characteristics of the participants, a statistically significant difference was found between gender, educational status, social security, employment status, place of residence and income status (p<0.05). A statistically significant correlation was found between total and sub-dimension mean scores of the Multidimensional Perceived Social Support Scale and sub-dimension mean scores of the Recovery Stages Scale (p<0.05). As the total and all sub-dimension mean scores of the Multidimensional Scale of Perceived Social Support increase, the mean scores of moratorium and awareness, which are sub-dimensions of the Stages of Recovery scale, decrease; preparation, rebuilding and growth sub-dimension mean scores increase. In conclusion, it was found that the social support of the participants was close to medium, that the majority of the participants are in the stage of restructuring after preparation, that there was a positive and significant relationship between social support and recovery. Keywords: Social Support, Recovery, Psychiatric Illness, Healing Stages, Psychiatric Nursing