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The aim of this study was to investigate social constraints, psychosocial adjustment and optimism among patients on dialysis. Methods: In this study, 402 patients undergoing dialysis in Greece completed the following questionnaires: (i) the Social Constraints Scale (SCS) for the assessment of social constrains, (ii) the Psychosocial adjustment to illness scale (PAIS-SR) for the assessment of psychosocial adjustment, and (iii) the LOT-R scale for the assessment of optimism. A Mann\u2013Whitney test was used for the comparison of continuous variables between two groups. Spearman correlation coefficients (rho) were used to explore the association of two continuous variables. Multiple linear regression analysis was used with the SCS scale. Results: Greater difficulty in psychosocial adjustment in the domestic, vocational, extended family and social environments, sexual relationships, and health care as well as greater psychological distress were significantly associated with a greater occurrence of social constraints (p &lt; 0.001). Additionally, greater optimism was significantly associated with fewer social constraints and lower difficulty in adjusting to their disease (p &lt; 0.001). Conclusions: Greater difficulty in all dimensions of psychosocial adjustment is associated with more social constraints, while optimism is associated with fewer social constraints and better disease adjustment.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/clinpract14040115","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2024,7,19]],"date-time":"2024-07-19T14:16:38Z","timestamp":1721398598000},"page":"1430-1439","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":4,"title":["Investigation of Social Constraints, Psychosocial Adjustment and Optimism among Dialysis Patients"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"14","author":[{"given":"Eirini","family":"Zorba","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Nursing, University of West Attica, 12243 Athens, Greece"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Georgia","family":"Fasoi","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Nursing, University of West Attica, 12243 Athens, Greece"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Eirini","family":"Grapsa","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Nephrology, Aretaieio Hospital, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, 11528 Athens, Greece"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-3892-675X","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Afroditi","family":"Zartaloudi","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Nursing, University of West Attica, 12243 Athens, Greece"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Maria","family":"Polikandrioti","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Nursing, University of West Attica, 12243 Athens, Greece"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-1733-6208","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Victoria","family":"Alikari","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Nursing, University of West Attica, 12243 Athens, Greece"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-8616-3884","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Areti","family":"Stavropoulou","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Nursing, University of West Attica, 12243 Athens, Greece"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-9773-4849","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Chrysoula","family":"Dafogianni","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Nursing, University of West Attica, 12243 Athens, Greece"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Orchan","family":"Impis","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Nursing, University of West Attica, 12243 Athens, Greece"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-6669-439X","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Georgia","family":"Gerogianni","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Nursing, University of West Attica, 12243 Athens, Greece"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2024,7,19]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"413","DOI":"10.1080\/03630242.2015.1101746","article-title":"Psychometric properties of the Greek version of the Social Constraints Scale in a sample of women with breast cancer","volume":"56","author":"Koutrouli","year":"2015","journal-title":"Women Health"},{"key":"ref_2","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"2191","DOI":"10.1111\/hex.13850","article-title":"Patient engagement during the transition from nondialysis-dependent chronic kidney disease to dialysis: A meta-ethnography","volume":"26","author":"Liu","year":"2023","journal-title":"Health Expect."},{"key":"ref_3","first-page":"1","article-title":"The experience of social isolation in patients receiving peritoneal dialysis: A qualitative study","volume":"1","author":"Diao","year":"2023","journal-title":"Res. 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