The Factors Associated with Quality of Life in Aboriginal Liver Cirrhosis Patient

• Main Authors: LI-CHU HUANG, 黃麗珠
• Other Authors: 邱愛富
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2003
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/64244034709544920181

碩士 === 輔仁大學 === 護理學系碩士班 === 91 === Abstract The purpose of this study was to identify the factors related to quality of life for aborigine patients with liver cirrhosis. A convenience sampling technique was used to obtain subjects from two teaching hospital in the I-Lan.Thirty-one patients with liver cirrhosis completed a structured ques- tionnaire including demographic data , disease characteristics, physical symptoms and mental status, social support and quality of life index (QLI). Data were analyzed by using mean, standard deviation, percentage, Wilco- xan two sample test─Mann-Whitney U test, Kruskal Wallis test, Spearm- an’s rho correlations and Multiple regression. The major findings of this study were as follows: (1)The mean score of overall QLI for the liver cirrhosis patients was 18.47. The highest score of QLI subscale was family subscale, and the lowest score was health sub- scale；(2)Symptomatic distress was positively correlated with quality of life. The correlation of the fatigue domain was the highest.；(3)Social support was not related to quality of life ；(4)Quality of life had no difference in terms of gender, age, marital status, education, religion, employee status, income, classification of cirrhosis, Child-pugh classification, comorbility, onset of cirrhosis ；(5)Multiple regression showed that 62% of variance of quality of life could be predicted by two factors: physical symptoms and mental status and liver function (early cirrhosis or advanced cirrhosis). Physical symptoms and mental status was the strongest predictor of quality of life.The results of this study may help nurses to provide appropriate clinical nursing interventions and to promote quality of life of liver cirrhosis patients. Key words: Aboriginal, liver cirrhosis, quality of life, physical symptoms and mental status, social support