- 期刊
肺結核病人生活品質及人口學特性之相關探討
Exploration on Tuberculosis Patients' Quality of Life Its Related Factors
摘要
Purpose: to investigate the quality of life of patients with tuberculosis and its related factors. Methods: A structured questionnaire was administered to sixty-three patient being treated for tuberculosis at our hospital. Patients were selected by intentional sampling. WHOOQOL-BREF Taiwan Version was used to measure quality of life. Coded data were analyzed using SPSS Version 14.0. Results: (1) During the treatment period of tuberculosis, the four categories of quality of life were evaluated. The highest scores were found in the physiological subscale (13.27±2.28), followed by the mental, environmental and social subscales (12.84±2.29, 12.95±1.93, and 12.37±2.49. respectively). (2) In the holistic self-assessment of sense of satisfaction, patient reported environmental satisfaction to be the highest (73.65±14.27) and satisfaction with owns state of health to be the lowest (62.97±16.10). (3) The factors influencing life quality of tuberculosis included age, financial source, occupation as well as having other chronic diseases (P＜0.05). (4) The factors influencing holistic selfassessment of satisfaction included age, financial source as well as occupation (P＜0.05). Conclusion: We suggest creating educational materials such as CD-ROMs or illustrations simple enough that patients can easily understand. Management of tuberculosis should be computerized to provide thorough care. Care should be strengthened for patients who are elderly, single, with no offspring, or with poor economic resources. This would promote patient care and quality of life.
並列摘要
Purpose: to investigate the quality of life of patients with tuberculosis and its related factors. Methods: A structured questionnaire was administered to sixty-three patient being treated for tuberculosis at our hospital. Patients were selected by intentional sampling. WHOOQOL-BREF Taiwan Version was used to measure quality of life. Coded data were analyzed using SPSS Version 14.0. Results: (1) During the treatment period of tuberculosis, the four categories of quality of life were evaluated. The highest scores were found in the physiological subscale (13.27±2.28), followed by the mental, environmental and social subscales (12.84±2.29, 12.95±1.93, and 12.37±2.49. respectively). (2) In the holistic self-assessment of sense of satisfaction, patient reported environmental satisfaction to be the highest (73.65±14.27) and satisfaction with owns state of health to be the lowest (62.97±16.10). (3) The factors influencing life quality of tuberculosis included age, financial source, occupation as well as having other chronic diseases (P＜0.05). (4) The factors influencing holistic selfassessment of satisfaction included age, financial source as well as occupation (P＜0.05). Conclusion: We suggest creating educational materials such as CD-ROMs or illustrations simple enough that patients can easily understand. Management of tuberculosis should be computerized to provide thorough care. Care should be strengthened for patients who are elderly, single, with no offspring, or with poor economic resources. This would promote patient care and quality of life.