The Correlation Between Family Support and Self-efficacy in Hemodialysis Patients: An Indonesian Sample

Hemodialysis patients need social support, especially family support. The family support for patients would be have a positive impact on patients’ self-efficacy. Nurses play an important role in collaboration with family in order increasing self-efficacy; however, little is known about family support and self-efficacy in Indonesian cases. This objectives was to determine the correlation between family support and self-efficacy in hemodialysis patients. Cross-sectional study was used. The family support instrument and, General Self-Efficacy Scale (GSS) questionnaires were administered in this study. The Kendall Tau test was used to determine the correlation between family support and self-efficacy. Two hundred and thirty-four respondents participated in this study. Most hemodialysis patient with high family support (88.0%) and moderate family support (12. %), Respondent with low self-efficacy category was 3.4%, moderate self-efficacy category was 27.8%, and high self-efficacy category was 68.8%. There were significant and positive correlation between family support and self-efficacy in hemodialysis patients (p=0.001 r=0.527). Higher levels of family support in hemodialysis patients have a positive effect on self-efficacy. Collaborating with families to maintain and improve family support in hemodialysis patients is recommended in nursing interventions to be able to improve the self-efficacy of hemodialysis patients. Identifying the supporting factors that families have is recommended for further research.