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- Title
Factors Influencing Health related Quality of Life among Patients with Chronic Hepatitis B.
- Authors
Ja-Ok Kim; Man Woo Kim; Ja-Sook Kim; Su-Jeong Han; Sehyun Kim
- Abstract
Purpose: The aim of this study was to investigate the factors contributing to health-related quality of life (HRQOL) among patients with chronic hepatitis B (CHB). Methods: A cross-sectional, descriptive design was used. The sample included 114 patients in a gastroenterology outpatient department at one hospital located in G city. Data were collected using a structured questionnaire from June to December 2009. The collected data were analyzed using SPSS/WIN 15.0. Results: Health-related quality of life was most strongly related to age, sex, income, occupation, and the care provider. Old age, female gender, lower income, not having an occupation and having a non-medical person were associated with lower HRQOL (R² =.03~.22, p=.041~<.001). Conclusion: CHB infection had a negative impact on HRQOL among the older, female gender, low socioeconomic status and not having medically knowledgeable care givers. Interventions beyond nursing care may be needed to improve the quality of health for patients with Chronic Hepatitis B.
- Subjects
MENTAL health; QUALITY of life; ANALYSIS of variance; INCOME; RESEARCH methodology; REGRESSION analysis; STATISTICS; T-test (Statistics); DATA analysis; SOCIOECONOMIC factors; RELATIVE medical risk; CROSS-sectional method; DATA analysis software; CHRONIC hepatitis B
- Publication
Korean Journal of Adult Nursing, 2014, Vol 26, Issue 3, p287
- ISSN
1225-4886
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.7475/kjan.2014.26.3.287