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Objective To investigate the status and influencing factors of quality of life among diabetes patients in Nanchang,and to explore the relationships between the quality of life and community health care demands.Methods Totally 292 diabetes patients were recruited by multi-stage sampling method from thee community health service centers in Nanchang city.They were investigated with Diabetes-specific Quality of Life Scale(DSQL) and a self-designed questionnaire of community health care demands.The results underwent analysis.Results The total score of the DSQL in Nanchang was(66.88±15.44) points,which was relatively poor.The main factors affected patients' quality of life were the complications of diabetes,diabetic macroangiopathy,diabetic foot,hypertension and patients' career.The total and the every dimension of the scores of the DSQL were positively correlated with the scores of disease nursing needs and community health care demands.Conclusions To improve diabetes patients' quality of life,community diabetic care should focus on the different affected factors of patients' quality of life and the demands of patients.
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Objective To investigate the relationship between care need and quality of life of community hypertensive patients.Methods Stratified random sampling method was used to investigate 456community hypertensive patients using patients general information questionnaire,the World Health Organization Quality of Life BREF (WHOQOL-BREF)and community patients care needs questionnaire and the results underwent analysis.Results The care needs of the community hypertensive patients were at a medium level,all areas of quality of life were lower than the norm.Quality of life and care needs were negatively correlated.Conclusions The staff should assess the care needs of the community hypertensive patients,supply patient-oriented community nursing service,and take measures to improve quality of life of the community hypertensive patients.