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Background : Raising number of elderly people in Iran causes new concerns .One of the important issues is Social support. Social support can be critical for older adults because of their common disabilities and unavoidable dependency to maintain and improve of their health status Materials and Methods: Questionnaires which had been used for measurement of health status and elderly social support has been collected and combined through searching resources in library and web. 5 district ions of Tehran were selected randomly in order to have a efficient sample size .The questionnaires were filled by 140 elders whom were staying in residential homes and 280 above 60 years elderlies whom were living with their families. The date were analyzed by SPSS software. Results: 406 questionnaires among 420 questionnaires were filled which showed 96.6%. rate of responsibility. Data analysis showed a correlation between status of physical, mental and social health social support. Conclusion: There is a significant correlation between Social support and physical ,mental, and social status of health

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Background: Depression is a common disorder with incremental trend among patients with hemodialysis. This study conducted in order to determine correlation between social support and depression among patients undergoing hemodialysis of Kerman city.

Materials and Methods:  This study was a cross-sectional one. 182 hemodialysis patients referred to health centers of Kerman were selected by census sampling method. data was collected Using questionnaires  including demographic information, Beck's Depression Questionnaire (BDI) and Social Support Questionnaire (ESSI: Enriched Social Support Instrument) and analyzed  by SPSS  software version 17 utilizing descriptive statistics (mean and standard deviation) and Pearson Correlation Coefficient test.

Results: 68.1% of the subjects had some degree of depression. Also, 83% of participants reported good social support. Furthermore, Assessing the relation between depression and social support revealed an inverse relationship between depression and social support (P =0.005), increasing social support occurred decreasing depression as well. 

Conclusion: Study results indicated high prevalence of depression among the patients. It seems special attention in should be paid to psychological issues in hemodialysis wards. Nurses can prevent depression incidence by recognizing high risk individuals in term of perceiving social support among these patients.