Quality of life among caregivers of patients with end-stage renal disease in Hospital Universiti Sains Malaysia

QOL is defined as an individual’s perception of their position in life in the context of culture and value system where they live, and in relation to their goals, expectations, standards, and concerns. Caregivers play an important role in providing care to patients with ESRD and help them to adapt a...

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Main Author:	Zul, Nurul Fatihah
Format:	Thesis
Language:	English
Published:	2020
Subjects:	R Medicine
Online Access:	http://eprints.usm.my/51082/1/Nurul%20Fatihah-24%20pages.pdf
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spelling	my-usm-ep.510822022-01-05T07:53:49Z Quality of life among caregivers of patients with end-stage renal disease in Hospital Universiti Sains Malaysia 2020-06 Zul, Nurul Fatihah R Medicine QOL is defined as an individual’s perception of their position in life in the context of culture and value system where they live, and in relation to their goals, expectations, standards, and concerns. Caregivers play an important role in providing care to patients with ESRD and help them to adapt and manage their chronic illnesses. This study aimed to determine the level of QOL among caregivers and the association between selected sociodemographic data and the level of QOL among caregivers in HUSM. A cross-sectional study was conducted among caregivers of patients with ESRD using self-administered questionnaire. One-way ANOVA was used to find the association between selected demographic data and the level of QOL among caregivers in HUSM with significance at p < 0.05. There were 40 respondents who was involved. The finding shows 23 (57.5%) of caregivers has rate their level QOL as good and 27 (67.5%) were satisfied in their health. The highest mean score of QOL were in the domain social (mean 3.93, SD = 0.50). There was a significant mean difference between education level and the level of QOL in domains physical (p = 0.019) and environment (p = 0.006). Next, there was a significant mean difference between the age of the patient and the level of QOL in physical domain (p = 0.024). Lastly, there was a significant mean difference between the length of the patient with ESRD receiving HD and the level of QOL in environment domain (p = 0.043). In conclusion, physiological domain was significantly the most affected domain in the level of QOL among caregivers. The physical and environment domain were most affected domains as associated with sociodemographic variable. Nurses have a big responsibility to improve the life of caregivers to have a better QOL. 2020-06 Thesis http://eprints.usm.my/51082/ http://eprints.usm.my/51082/1/Nurul%20Fatihah-24%20pages.pdf application/pdf en public masters Universiti Sains Malaysia Pusat Pengajian Sains Kesihatan
institution	Universiti Sains Malaysia
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language	English
topic	R Medicine
spellingShingle	R Medicine Zul, Nurul Fatihah Quality of life among caregivers of patients with end-stage renal disease in Hospital Universiti Sains Malaysia
description	QOL is defined as an individual’s perception of their position in life in the context of culture and value system where they live, and in relation to their goals, expectations, standards, and concerns. Caregivers play an important role in providing care to patients with ESRD and help them to adapt and manage their chronic illnesses. This study aimed to determine the level of QOL among caregivers and the association between selected sociodemographic data and the level of QOL among caregivers in HUSM. A cross-sectional study was conducted among caregivers of patients with ESRD using self-administered questionnaire. One-way ANOVA was used to find the association between selected demographic data and the level of QOL among caregivers in HUSM with significance at p < 0.05. There were 40 respondents who was involved. The finding shows 23 (57.5%) of caregivers has rate their level QOL as good and 27 (67.5%) were satisfied in their health. The highest mean score of QOL were in the domain social (mean 3.93, SD = 0.50). There was a significant mean difference between education level and the level of QOL in domains physical (p = 0.019) and environment (p = 0.006). Next, there was a significant mean difference between the age of the patient and the level of QOL in physical domain (p = 0.024). Lastly, there was a significant mean difference between the length of the patient with ESRD receiving HD and the level of QOL in environment domain (p = 0.043). In conclusion, physiological domain was significantly the most affected domain in the level of QOL among caregivers. The physical and environment domain were most affected domains as associated with sociodemographic variable. Nurses have a big responsibility to improve the life of caregivers to have a better QOL.
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qualification_level	Master's degree
author	Zul, Nurul Fatihah
author_facet	Zul, Nurul Fatihah
author_sort	Zul, Nurul Fatihah
title	Quality of life among caregivers of patients with end-stage renal disease in Hospital Universiti Sains Malaysia
title_short	Quality of life among caregivers of patients with end-stage renal disease in Hospital Universiti Sains Malaysia
title_full	Quality of life among caregivers of patients with end-stage renal disease in Hospital Universiti Sains Malaysia
title_fullStr	Quality of life among caregivers of patients with end-stage renal disease in Hospital Universiti Sains Malaysia
title_full_unstemmed	Quality of life among caregivers of patients with end-stage renal disease in Hospital Universiti Sains Malaysia
title_sort	quality of life among caregivers of patients with end-stage renal disease in hospital universiti sains malaysia
granting_institution	Universiti Sains Malaysia
granting_department	Pusat Pengajian Sains Kesihatan
publishDate	2020
url	http://eprints.usm.my/51082/1/Nurul%20Fatihah-24%20pages.pdf
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Quality of life among caregivers of patients with end-stage renal disease in Hospital Universiti Sains Malaysia

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