| Summary: | 碩士 === 長榮大學 === 護理學系碩士班 === 104 === Abstract
Background: Stroke residents at long-term care facilities suffer from sequelae, which impair their quality of life because of lowered abilities of daily living and reduced participation in leisure activities.
Objective: To investigate the relationship between stroke resident’s participation in leisure activities and quality of life at long-term care facilities as well as to identify predictors of their quality of life.
Method: This study employed a cross-sectional quantitative research design. A convenience sampling method was applied to select 70 stroke residents at long-term care facilities as the subjects of the study. Three scales were used to collect data on their basic demographic information, leisure activity participation, and stroke impact scale.
Results:
1)Of the sampled stroke residents at long-term care facilities, the female residents had a higher level of participation in leisure activities than did the male residents.
2)A significant positive correlation was found between perceived health conditions and overall frequency of leisure activity participation, passive leisure activities, and active leisure activities; a significant positive correlation was found between abilities of daily living and overall frequency of leisure activity participation, passive leisure activities, active leisure activities, and periodic activities organized by the facilities.
3)A significant positive correlation was found between abilities of daily living and overall quality of life.
4)A significant positive correlation was found between overall quality of life and overall frequency of leisure activity participation, passive leisure activities, as well as active leisure activities.
5)Abilities of daily living and perceived health conditions were determined to be the predictors of quality of life, in which they explained 66.2% of the variance in quality of life.
Conclusion/practical implications: The findings indicate that to improve quality of life in stroke residents, staff at long-term care facilities may provide individualized care to these residents by enhancing their abilities of daily living and increasing their participation in leisure activities.
Keywords: long-term care facilities, stroke residents, participation in leisure activities, quality of life.
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