Correlation study on quality of life and health quotient of caregivers of cancer patients
10.3760/cma.j.issn.1672-7088.2017.07.011
- VernacularTitle:癌症患者照顾者生命质量与健商的相关性研究
- Author:
Fo CHEN
;
Rui CHEN
;
Jing LI
- Keywords:
Quality of life;
Caregivers;
Health quotient;
Correlation
- From:
Chinese Journal of Practical Nursing
2017;33(7):523-527
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Objective To analyze the correlation between health quotient and quality of life by investigated and studied the relationship between the two. Methods One hundred and ninty three caregivers of cancer patients were investigated by the general situation questionnaire, Health Quotient Questionnaire and Health Survey Short Form (SF-36). Results Different age, gender, education, marriage status, income, occupation, whether suffering from chronic diseases, physical examination frequency, care time and care relationship had a significant differences on quality of life of caregivers ( t/F=7.618-21.043, P < 0.05 or 0.01); the dimension scores of health quotient of caregivers were self-care (4.87±1.65) points, health knowledge (4.53±1.50) points, life style (4.47±1.65) points, state of mind (4.66± 1.87) points, life skills (4.73±1.78) points, were all on the alert value;caregiver′s level influenced by age, income, education level, occupation, whether suffering from chronic diseases and other factors (F=5.227-11.143, P<0.05);the dimension of health quotientand quality of life of caregivers were significantly correlated (r=0.506-0.771, P<0.01). Conclusions The status on quality of life and health quotient of caregivers are poor, and there is a positive correlation between the two, the level of health quotient is higher, the quality of life is better. Therefore, as for improving the quality of nursing care, clinical nursing staff should pay more attention to improve their health quotient level so as to improve the quality of life better.
