腎臟移植病患之生活品質及其相關因素探討

Factors Associated with Quality of Life among Patients with Renal Transplantation

鈕淑芬(Shu-Fen Niu)

《領導護理》 7卷1期 (2006/06) Pp. 23-31

https://doi.org/10.29494/LN.200606.0004

摘要

Background: Renal transplant patients are lower chances of receiving transplants, thus the dream of a relatively normal, healthy life is often dependent upon good fortune. In order to avoid organ rejection patients are required to adhere to a comprehensive regime of immunosuppressant medication. This raises worries about the side effects of the medication and the possibility that their bodies will reject the transplanted organ. Aim: The purpose of this study is to delineate the quality of life and physical symptom distress for renal transplant patients. Methods: This is a cross-sectional descriptive research study. Convenience sampling was used to recruit renal transplant from one medical center hospital in northern Taiwan. The study instruments employed were WHO QOL-BREF and ”Physical Symptom Distress Scale” Results: Statistically significant differences appeared for the following variables: employment status and financial status. The total scores for quality of life was 98.5±12.86. The major physical symptom was fatigue. Physical symptom distress was negatively correlated with quality of life (r=-0.516, P＜.05), which means the more distress patients feel the bad quality of life they were. Conclusions: The results of this study suggest that nurses should establish a support group of peers undergoing renal transplantation as a means of sharing feelings concerning the treatments is an important way to improve patients' quality of life.

關鍵字

腎臟移植 ； 生活品質 ； 身體症狀困擾

並列摘要

Background: Renal transplant patients are lower chances of receiving transplants, thus the dream of a relatively normal, healthy life is often dependent upon good fortune. In order to avoid organ rejection patients are required to adhere to a comprehensive regime of immunosuppressant medication. This raises worries about the side effects of the medication and the possibility that their bodies will reject the transplanted organ. Aim: The purpose of this study is to delineate the quality of life and physical symptom distress for renal transplant patients. Methods: This is a cross-sectional descriptive research study. Convenience sampling was used to recruit renal transplant from one medical center hospital in northern Taiwan. The study instruments employed were WHO QOL-BREF and ”Physical Symptom Distress Scale” Results: Statistically significant differences appeared for the following variables: employment status and financial status. The total scores for quality of life was 98.5±12.86. The major physical symptom was fatigue. Physical symptom distress was negatively correlated with quality of life (r=-0.516, P＜.05), which means the more distress patients feel the bad quality of life they were. Conclusions: The results of this study suggest that nurses should establish a support group of peers undergoing renal transplantation as a means of sharing feelings concerning the treatments is an important way to improve patients' quality of life.

並列關鍵字

renal transplantation ； quality of life ； physical symptom distress