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Abstract
Mental health disorders are medical conditions that influence individuals’ daily
functioning, ability to maintain social relationships, and decrease their quality of life (QOL). Social
support is meaningful because it is essential for mental health as well as enhancing psychiatric patients’
QOL. Therefore psychiatric therapy aimed to raise patients’ social support and QOL. Aim: This study
was to assess the relationship between social support and QOL among psychiatric patients. Subjects
and Method: A descriptive correlational research design utilized for the current study. The study
subjects were consisted of 115 patients from five psychiatric inpatient units and one outpatient clinic of
Port-Said Mental Health Hospital. Three structured interview schedules were utilized to collect the
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necessary data. TOOL I: WHO Quality of Life Scale (Bref version), TOOL II: The Multidimensional
Scale of Perceived Social Support, and socio demographic and clinical data questionnaire. Results: The
study revealed that, most of the psychiatric patients reported low social support and QOL. In addition,
there was statistically significant positive correlation between social support and QOL. It was observed
that disease onset, onset of treatment, and previous hospitalization significantly affect the social support
level. While, the age, income, employment status, diagnosis, and disease onset significantly affects the
QOL. Conclusion and Recommendation: it can be concluded that, most of psychiatric patients have
low social support and QOL. In addition, there is a relation between social support and QOL. Therefore,
social support should be an essential part of psychiatric treatment because of its important role in
enhancing patients’ QOL. The study recommended, increase the awareness of the mental health team
about the importance of dealing holistically with psychiatric patients as considering hislher physical,
psychological, social, and environmental aspects.