Life quality assessment and nursing in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus

VernacularTitle:系统性红斑狼疮患者生活质量的评估与护理
Author: Xiao-Lan LI ¹ ; Li-Sha LIU ; Ya-Mei ZHANG ; Hong-Li WU
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1. 100853北京,解放军总医院风湿科
Keywords: Quality of life; Systemic lupus erythematosus; Factor analysis; Nursing
From: Chinese Journal of Modern Nursing 2010;16(22):2628-2630
CountryChina
Language:Chinese
Abstract: Objective To evaluate the life quality of patients with SLE, present nursing problem, make nursing intervention, to improve patient' life quality. Methods 100 patients were asked with the K. P. Leong QOL questionnaire and SLE DAI scoring table. Evaluated the general situation of patient, and analyzed all the data. Results SLE affected the QOL of patients slightly to mildly. Fever and hypocalcemia were highly correlated with the whole score of questionnaire (P <0. 05); Duration and activity index were not correlated with the whole score of questionnaire (P >0. 05). Conclusions Adequate exercise, reducing the relapse of SLE, enhancing the care towards fever, fatigue and adverse gastrointestinal symptoms, increasing the number of professional workers of Rheumatology, intensifying the propaganda and education, and reinforcing the psychological supports, those six aspects would enhance the QOL of SLE.