| Summary: | 碩士 === 國防醫學院 === 護理學研究所 === 84 === The purpose of this study was to explore the quality of hemo-
dialysis patients and the factors correlated with life quality.
This is a cross-sectional descriptive and correlational
research. 86 hemodialysis patients were recruited from four
hemodialysis centers in Taipei. The test instruments used in
the study were used in the study were "Quality of Life Index
"、"Physical Symp- Distress Checklist" and "Social Support
Scale". The major find- ings of this study were as following:
1.Generally speaking,hemodialysis patients had medium life
quali- ty. The mean score on the family subscale was the
highest,psy- chosocial subscale was the lowest. 2.Hemodialysis
patients had low level symptom distress. The grea- test symptom
distress was fatigue. 3.In the social support resources aspect,
the score of family and friend was equal to the health
profession. In the social supp- ort function aspect,the highest
score was emotional support,the least was tangible support.
4.Among the demographic factors,hemodialysis patients''marital
status was significant differance on life quality.No differance
was found among the factors related to patients'' sex、age、edu-
cational level and work status. 5.No significant difference on
life quality was found among cha- racteristics of disease.
6.Physical symptom distress was negatively correlated with life
quality. 7.Social support was positively correlated with life
quality. 8.Patients''life quality could be predicted by their
marital status、physical symptom distress and social support.
The total variance was 40.35％.The most predictional factor was
social support. 9.Between independent variables had no
interaction on life quality.
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