A Study of Fatigue and Daily Living Activity in Patients with Chronic Liver Disease.
- Author:
You Hui PARK
1
;
Eun Nam LEE
Author Information
1. Department of Nursing, Dong-A Medical Center, Korea.
- Publication Type:Original Article
- Keywords:
Liver disease;
Fatigue;
Activities of daily living
- MeSH:
Activities of Daily Living*;
Fatigue*;
Humans;
Liver Diseases*;
Liver*;
Nursing;
Surveys and Questionnaires;
Self Report
- From:Korean Journal of Rehabilitation Nursing
2005;8(2):110-118
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
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Abstract:
PURPOSE: The purpose of this study is to understand the level of fatigue and daily living activities and to confirm their relationship in patients with chronic liver disease. METHOD: The sample consisted of 182 patients with chronic liver disease with a mean age of 42.4 years, who visited the D University Hospital and a S clinic from February, 2004 to March in 2004. Data were collected by a self reporting questionnaire on the selected variables such as fatigue and daily life activities. Collected data were analyzed by using SPSS program for descriptive statistics, Pearson's correlation coefficients, t- test, ANOVA. RESULTS: Subjects showed the mild level of fatigue and slightly high level of daily living activities. They also showed a negative relationship between fatigue and daily living activities. CONCLUSION: It is necessary to develop nursing intervention program to reduce the level of fatigue for improving the level of daily living activities in patients with chronic liver disease.
