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- Title
The Mediating Effects of Symptom Experiences on the Relationship between Body Image and Quality of Life among Hemodialysis Patients in a Single Center.
- Authors
Yang, Yaki
- Abstract
This study aimed to confirm the mediating effects of symptom experiences on the relationship between the body image and quality of life of hemodialysis patients. Data were collected from 153 patients who were diagnosed with ESRD at a tertiary general hospital and receiving regular hemodialysis in Korea. The data were collected between 20 July and 11 August 2023. The following statistical analyses were conducted: t-test, ANOVA, Scheffé test, Pearson's correlation coefficient analysis, and Hayes' Process Macro Model 4 (to test the mediating effect). The factors influencing quality of life were body image (β = 0.46, p < 0.001), monthly family income (over KRW 3 million) (β = 0.22, p = 0.002), and symptom experiences (β = −0.20, p = 0.001). The mediation analysis indicated that the symptom experiences mediated the relationship between body image and quality of life. Based on the results, education, counseling, and symptom management programs that can improve body image and reduce symptom experience should be developed, and customized programs that reflect the characteristics of a target population, such as economic level, should be developed and provided.
- Subjects
SOUTH Korea; HEMODIALYSIS patients; PEARSON correlation (Statistics); PATIENT education; SCALE analysis (Psychology); RESEARCH funding; DATA analysis; INCOME; CRONBACH'S alpha; T-test (Statistics); QUESTIONNAIRES; BODY image; HEMODIALYSIS; TERTIARY care; DESCRIPTIVE statistics; QUALITY of life; ANALYSIS of variance; STATISTICS; ONE-way analysis of variance; FACTOR analysis; COUNSELING; DATA analysis software; PSYCHOSOCIAL factors; PATIENTS' attitudes
- Publication
Healthcare (2227-9032), 2024, Vol 12, Issue 17, p1779
- ISSN
2227-9032
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3390/healthcare12171779