Family Functioning and Quality of Life of the Family Care-giver in Cancer Patients / 간호학회지
Journal of Korean Academy of Nursing
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: 983-991, 2006.
Artigo
em Coreano
| WPRIM
| ID: wpr-27817
ABSTRACT
PURPOSE:
The purpose of this study was to identify the relationship among quality of life, family coherence, family hardiness, and family resources of the family care-giver caring for a cancer patient.METHOD:
Data was collected by questionnaires from 137 families with a cancer patient at a General Hospital and Government Cancer Hospital. Data was analyzed using descriptive statistics, pearson correlation coefficients, and stepwise multiple regression.RESULTS:
The score of quality of life showed a significant positive correlation with the score of the level of family sense of coherence, family hardiness, and family resources. The most powerful predictor of quality of life was sense of coherence and the variance was 30%. A combination of sense of coherence and family resources account for 34 % of the variance in quality of life of the family care-giver caring for a cancer patient.CONCLUSION:
The results showed that family sense of coherence, hardiness, and family resources were significant influencing factors on the quality of life of the family care-giver caring for a cancer patient.
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Assunto principal:
Qualidade de Vida
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Família
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Inquéritos e Questionários
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Cuidadores
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Relações Familiares
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Neoplasias
Tipo de estudo:
Estudo prognóstico
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Pesquisa qualitativa
Limite:
Adulto
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Feminino
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Humanos
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Masculino
Idioma:
Coreano
Revista:
Journal of Korean Academy of Nursing
Ano de publicação:
2006
Tipo de documento:
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