Impact of perceived social support on family resilience in patients with ischemic stroke: A mediation model analysis

•The findings of this study offer novel insights and avenues for advancing patient prognostic rehabilitation and stroke care in the future, while also providing practical implications for clinicians and nurses to design and implement targeted interventions.•Family resilience offers nurses the opportunity to create protective factors that leverage patient family strengths to promote their family resilience.•As geriatric nurses, they can provide their own professional support and actively mobilize existing resources, exert the role of social support and coping styles in the management of ischemic stroke, improve the social support for patients and their families, the importance of coping styles in disease control, and improve their family adaptability. Ischemic stroke events impose a substantial burden on both families and society, underscoring the critical importance of early intervention and prevention strategies. The dearth of familial and societal support significantly impacts coping styles and family resilience, with negative coping styles potentially linked to diminished levels of family resilience. However, empirical evidence supporting these associations remains lacking. The aim of this study was to examine the association between simplified coping style, perceived social support and family resilience in patients with ischemic stroke, while also investigating the potential mediating role of simplified coping style in the relationship between perceived social support and family resilience. Convenience sampling was employed to select patients with ischemic stroke from three tertiary hospitals in Hunan Province between May and November 2021. A comprehensive investigation was conducted using a General data questionnaire, Simplified Coping Style Questionnaire, Perceived Social Support Scale and Family Resilience Rating Scale. The mediating effect was analyzed using PROCESS macros in SPSS, while the significance was tested through the Bootstrap method. A total of 310 questionnaires were distributed, with 7 identified as containing errors, omissions, or losses. Of these, 303 valid questionnaires were collected, yielding an effective response rate of 97.74 %. The scores for family resilience among ischemic stroke patients showed significant positive correlations with simple coping style (r = 0.59, P < 0.01) and perceived social support (r = 0.69, P < 0.01). Additionally, there was a positive correlation between perceived social support and simple coping styl