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This study aimed to determine the relationship between perceived disease burden and social support among adults on hemodialysis in northern Colombia. Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted on 183 patients receiving hemodialysis in northern Colombia. Disease burden was assessed using the GCPC-UN instrument and perceived social support using the Medical Outcomes Study Social Support Survey (MOS-SSS). Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics, nonparametric tests (Mann\u2013Whitney U and Kruskal\u2013Wallis), Spearman\u2019s correlation, and a multivariate linear regression model with HC3 robust errors. Results: The mean age was 52.2 years (SD: 12.1), and 63.4% of participants were male. The overall disease burden score was 45.72 (SD: 16.47) out of a theoretical maximum of 144, with physical distress being the factor that contributed most to it (mean: 20.03; SD: 6.83). Functional social support was moderate (median: 72; IQR: 63\u201380). A significant inverse correlation was found between social support and disease burden (Spearman\u2019s rho = \u22120.160; p = 0.03). In the multivariate model, time on hemodialysis was associated with a higher burden (a 0.628-point increase per 12 months; 95% CI: 0.022\u20131.234; p = 0.04), while age showed a non-significant inverse trend. Conclusions: When assessing the burden of disease, patients on hemodialysis primarily experience physical distress and perceive a moderate level of social support. A longer duration of dialysis is associated with an increase in the perceived burden, while social support showed a weak inverse correlation with the burden of disease in the unadjusted analysis; however, this association was not confirmed as statistically significant in the multivariable model.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/nursrep16070217","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2026,6,29]],"date-time":"2026-06-29T02:16:44Z","timestamp":1782699404000},"page":"217","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["Perceived Disease Burden and Social Support Among Adults on Hemodialysis in Northern Colombia: A Cross-Sectional Study"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"16","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-7077-6010","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Yolima Judith","family":"Llorente P\u00e9rez","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Nursing, University of C\u00f3rdoba, Monter\u00eda 230001, Colombia"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-9738-6891","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Jorge Luis","family":"Herrera Herrera","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Nursing, University of C\u00f3rdoba, Monter\u00eda 230001, Colombia"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-3266-5619","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Edinson","family":"Oyola L\u00f3pez","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Nursing, University of Sin\u00fa, Monter\u00eda 230001, Colombia"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Mar\u00eda Claudia","family":"Hern\u00e1ndez L\u00f3pez","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Nursing, University of Sin\u00fa, Monter\u00eda 230001, Colombia"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-8532-9419","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Melisa In\u00e9s","family":"Pe\u00f1a Redondo","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Nursing, University of C\u00f3rdoba, Monter\u00eda 230001, Colombia"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2026,6,26]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"7","DOI":"10.1016\/j.kisu.2021.11.003","article-title":"Epidemiology of chronic kidney disease: An update 2022","volume":"12","author":"Kovesdy","year":"2022","journal-title":"Kidney Int. 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