دورية أكاديمية
Comparison of quality of life among cardiac, hepatic, cancer, and dermatological patients.
| العنوان: | Comparison of quality of life among cardiac, hepatic, cancer, and dermatological patients. |
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| المؤلفون: | Dogar IA; Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, Punjab Medical College, Faisalabad., Haider N, Ahmad M, Naseem S, Bajwa A |
| المصدر: | JPMA. The Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association [J Pak Med Assoc] 2012 Mar; Vol. 62 (3), pp. 232-5. |
| نوع المنشور: | Comparative Study; Journal Article |
| اللغة: | English |
| بيانات الدورية: | Publisher: Pakistan Medical Association Country of Publication: Pakistan NLM ID: 7501162 Publication Model: Print Cited Medium: Print ISSN: 0030-9982 (Print) Linking ISSN: 00309982 NLM ISO Abbreviation: J Pak Med Assoc Subsets: MEDLINE |
| أسماء مطبوعة: | Publication: Karachi : Pakistan Medical Association Original Publication: Karachi. |
| مواضيع طبية MeSH: | Quality of Life*, Cardiovascular Diseases/*physiopathology , Cardiovascular Diseases/*psychology , Liver Diseases/*physiopathology , Liver Diseases/*psychology , Neoplasms/*physiopathology , Neoplasms/*psychology , Skin Diseases/*physiopathology , Skin Diseases/*psychology, Adult ; Analysis of Variance ; Demography ; Educational Status ; Female ; Humans ; Male ; Risk Factors ; Socioeconomic Factors ; Surveys and Questionnaires |
| مستخلص: | Objective: To assess the level of quality of life (QOL) in patients suffering from various cardiac, cancer, hepatic, and dermatological diseases. Method: A total of 339 patients of cardiac, cancer, hepatic, and dermatological diseases from DHQ/Allied hospitals of Faisalabad participated in this study through purposive convenient sampling technique. Quality of life was measured by WHO QOL-BREF (Validated Urdu Version) while demographic variables were recorded on a demographic sheet. The results were obtained by using analysis of variance (ANOVA) on SPSS 13. Results: Out of 339, 156 (46%) patients were males while 183 (54%) patients were females. Of the total, 99 (29.2%) belonged to the lower socio economic status, 113 (33.3%) belonged to the lower middle, 62 (18.3%) belonged to the middle, and 65 (19.2%) belonged to the upper middle socio economic status. In terms of education, 49 (14.5%) were illiterate, 110 (32.3%) had primary level education, 118 (34.8%) had middle level education, 21 (6.2%) had done matriculation, 17 (5%) had intermediate, 14 (4.1%) were graduates, 8 (2.4%) had done masters. Of the whole lot, only 2 (0.6%) patients were professionals. Results showed that the quality of life was most deteriorated in the domain of physical health; while psychological health was the second most deteriorated domain. Social relationship was the least affected domain, while environment was the second least affected area. Quality of life of hepatic patients was significantly lower than dermatological patients with respect to physical health and environment, lower than cancer patients in relation to psychological health, and lower than cardiac patients in the social relationship domain. The quality of life of cardiac patients was noted to be significantly higher than the other three categories in the domains of psychological health and environment. Conclusion: In the face of the evidence of high deterioration in the quality of life of the patients in terms of physical and psychological health, medical units should be better equipped with facilities to enhance a sense of betterment in patients. The treating doctors should be better trained to give due consideration to this important aspect of management. Moreover, the role of liaison psychiatry should also be incorporated. |
| تواريخ الأحداث: | Date Created: 20120707 Date Completed: 20120814 Latest Revision: 20151119 |
| رمز التحديث: | 20221213 |
| PMID: | 22764454 |
| قاعدة البيانات: | MEDLINE |
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