scholarly journals DEPRESSION AND QUALITY OF LIFE AMONG LEUKEMIA PATIENTS AT TEACHING HOSPITAL IN KELANTAN, MALAYSIA

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Nur Fakhriyah Razali ◽  
Nur Adibah Solihin Sulaiman

Leukemia is cancer that begins to develop in blood cells, producing abnormal cells. Depression is the most common symptom encountered by leukemia patients. Depression experienced by leukemia patients is not the same as that experienced by normal people daily, and it affects different aspects of quality of life (QOL). Aim: This study is designed to determine the level of depression and quality of life among leukemia patients at a teaching university in Kelantan, Malaysia. Methodology: A descriptive cross-sectional design was conducted among leukemia patients at a teaching hospital in Kelantan, Malaysia, using self-administered questionnaires. A total of 40 patients was selected using a random sampling technique. Results: Most of the participants in this study had a higher level of depression (87.5%). However, the overalls level of quality of life in this study was good with the highest mean of domain scales. Conclusion and Recommendations: The study results can be used as baseline information to determine the level of depression and level of quality of life among leukemia patients in Malaysia health care settings. Nurses play an essential role in helping leukemia patients manage their depression not to affect their quality of life.

Author(s):  
Jayabharathi Bhaskaran

<p>ABSTRACT<br />Background: Menopause is a stage in life when a woman stops having her monthly period. It is a normal part of aging and marks the end of a woman’s<br />reproductive years. The age of menopause varies from 45 to 50 years. In some woman, the age of menopause may be 51 or 52 years.<br />Aim: This study aims to evaluate the stress and its influence on quality of life (QOL) in postmenopausal women in selected areas, Kattankulathur<br />Block, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India.<br />Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted in selected areas in Kattankulathur Block, Chennai, Tamil Nadu. After initial screening, simple<br />random sampling technique was adopted to select the study participants. The total sample size comprised 130 postmenopausal women. Assessments<br />were made by Sheldon Cohen’s, the Perceived Stress Scale for assessing the stress level of postmenopausal women and the World Health Organization<br />QOL-BREF Scale for assessing their QOL.<br />Results: This study showed that the majority of postmenopausal women 90 (70.4%) had very high level of stress. Maximum of postmenopausal<br />women 56 (44%) had very poor QOL, and 59 (46%) were very dissatisfied about their health status. The lower mean scores were found in physical,<br />psychological, social, and environment domain among postmenopausal women. There was moderate negative correlation found between stress and<br />QOL among postmenopausal women. It shows that, when the stress was increased, poor QOL was experienced by postmenopausal women.<br />Conclusion: This study results showed that the majority of postmenopausal women 90 (70.4%) had very high level of stress which negatively affected<br />the QOL of postmenopausal women.<br />Keywords: Stress, Quality of life, Postmenopausal women.</p>


2016 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 51
Author(s):  
Wahyuni Wahyuni ◽  
Winda Irwanti ◽  
Sofyan Indrayana

<p>Hemodialysis is a static treatment to substitute kidney function. Without a substitute therapy for kidney, a death as a results of metabolic abnormality can occur rapidly. Common issues on clients undergoing hemodialysis are gaining body weight in between two times dialysis which can affect the quality of life of patients if it is not get the good treatment. This research aimed to identify corelations weight gain in between the two time of dialysis to the quality of life of patients with chronic renal failure who underwent hemodialysis in RSUD Panembahan Senopati Bantul. This was a descriptive correlation study with cross-sectional design, samples were taken with accidental sampling technique consisted of 61 people. Data were analized by Kendal Tau Test(τ). The results of the statistics kendal tau (τ) indicated its value pearson kendal tau (-0,009) with p value 0,938, the fi gures were larger than standard significance α: 0.05, thats mean the hypothesis of this research was rejected. Conclusion, there was no a signifi cant corelation weight gaining in between two time of dialysis to the quality of life of patients with chronic renal failure who underwent hemodialysis in RSUD Panembahan Senopati Bantul.</p>


2019 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 001-005
Author(s):  
Aloysia Ispriantari ◽  
Dian Pitaloka Priasmoro ◽  
Musthika Wida Mashitah

Type 1 diabetes is a disease that can’t be cured but the quality of life of the patients can be maintained as much as possible. This study aimed to analyze the quality of life of adolescents with type 1 diabetes in Malang.  This study used cross sectional design. The sampling technique used total sampling by taking all adolescents (10-19 years) with type 1 diabetes who are still active in IKADAR Malang which were 24 adolescents. The quality of life of adolescents with type 1 diabetes was measured by the quality of life for youth questionnaire.  The result showed that the total score of the quality of life of adolescents with type 1 diabetes was 74.4±11.4 with the highest score was the impact on activities (92.3±12.4) and the lowest score was the parent issues (57.3±29.2). Higher score quality of life was in boys (75.5±12.9), age 10-14 years (75.3±11.7), disease duration  1-5 years (83.0±3.5) and last HbA1c was <7.5% (83.3±4.2). Healthcare providers especially nurse are expected to keep monitoring and improving the quality of life of adolescents with type 1 diabetes.


2019 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Sri Hendrawati ◽  
Ikeu Nurhidayah ◽  
Henny Suzana Mediani ◽  
Ai Mardhiyah ◽  
Nenden Nur Asriyani Maryam

Mucositis is very common in children with cancer who received chemotherapy. Mucositis in children renders other health problems such as pain, eating problems, insomnia, and emotional problems that directly determine children’s quality of life. The purpose of this research was to identify how the effects of mucositis on quality of life in children with cancer who received chemotherapy. The method used in this research is correlative descriptive analytic with cross-sectional design. Samples taken in this research utilized consecutive sampling technique. The children with cancer who met the inclusion criteria were approached to participate in this research. Sixty children with cancer hospitalized in Dr. Hasan Sadikin Hospital Bandung recruited in this research. Mucositis identification utilized Oral Assessment Guide (OAG). Data quality of life (QoL) would be assessed with PedsQoL Cancer Module 3.0. Data were analyzed by Chi-square correlation test. There are 53 children (88.3%) who experienced mucositis. In contrast, there are only 7 children who didn’t experience mucositis (11.7%). Based on this survey, there are 37 children (61.7%) have bad quality of life. Otherwise, 23 children (38.3%) have good quality of life. This research found that there is a significant relationship between mucositis and QoL of children with cancer. Accordingly, the relationship between mucositis cases and QoL of children with cancer valued at 0.006 (p<0.05). Mucositis cause low QoL in children with cancer compared to them without mucositis. Nurse should increase nursing care for children with mucositis as the side effect of chemotherapy. Suggested efforts are to prevent mucositis complication that will impact QoL, such as giving oral care with honey, keeping humid oral mucosa, and preventing infection


2019 ◽  
Vol 14 (2) ◽  
pp. 38-47
Author(s):  
Abdiana Abdiana

Hypertension is the highest prevalence of visits every year. Data from the Health Office in Padang in 2013 showed that the visit of hypertension sufferers in 2013 was the highest visit with 6,714 new hypertension case visits and 35,054 old case visits. For this reason, it is necessary to conduct research in the context of maintaining health for BPJS Health participants who suffer from chronic diseases to achieve optimal quality of life, especially hypertension. The purpose of this study was to determine the quality of life of hypertension sufferers of Prolanis participants in Padang Utara District, Padang City. The study was conducted with a cross sectional design of hypertension disease prolanis participants in the district of Padang Utara, Padang City in 2017 as many as 126 people. The sampling technique is simple random sampling. Data were analyzed univariately and bivariately with Chi-square test. The results showed that most hypertension sufferers aged ≥60 years old, low educated, female sex, low education, married status and long suffered from hypertension <10 years. The conclusion of this study is that there is a significant relationship between marital status and the quality of life of hypertensive illnesses of prolanis participants in Padang Utara Subdistrict, Padang City. It is suggested that the Puskesmas formulate efforts to prevent hypertension and be a source of data for research organizations and other parties involved in preventing hypertension.


2021 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 140-145
Author(s):  
Putria Carolina ◽  
Hermanto Hermanto ◽  
Karmita Sari Yanra Katimenta

Patients diagnosed with cancer spend a lot of energy dealing with diagnosis, therapy, and feelings of instability due to possible relapses, death, complications, and financial problems. They often reach the point where they feel that they are very uncertain, very uncertain position, hopeless. Cancer causes loss of hope, affects physical and mental, and results in various disorders such as loneliness, depression, and failure to adapt—the importance of fulfilling the spiritual needs of cancer patients to improve the optimal quality of life. Fulfilling spiritual needs is finding meaning, purpose, the need for hope, belief in life, oneself, and God. Individuals are said to have good spirituality if the individual has full expectations, are optimistic, and think positively. The research design used a cross-sectional approach, the sampling technique was purposive sampling, and the data analysis was tested using the Spearman Rank with a total sample size of 35 respondents. The results obtained by sig. (2-tailed) with a p-value of 0.000 with a degree of significance p ≤ 0.05, which means H1 is accepted. This study shows a relationship between spiritual fulfillment and quality of life for cancer patients. The study results can be used as an intervention in nursing care to improve the quality of nursing services, especially for cancer patients. The better the spiritual needs of cancer patients can be met, the better the quality of life will be about complex matters such as physical health, psychological conditions, level of independence, social relationships, and the individual's relationship with their environment.


Konselor ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Imarta Retri Putri

One of the main problem in stroke patients is how the family provided the needs and also the assistance to improve their abilities even within limitations, so that the quality of life becomes meaningful. The stress on caregivers is an important factor to consider the ability of caregivers to provide care. This study aimed to determine the relation of informal caregiver stress levels to the quality of life of stroke patients in RSUD Kota Depok period 2019. The method used analytical study with a cross sectional design, sample of this study was 36 outpatients at the Neurology Polyclinic taken by purposive sampling technique. This study was analyzed by gamma and somers’d test and the results showed that there was a relation between the informal caregiver’s stress level (p = 0.001; r: -0.475) with quality of life stroke patients. This study concluded that informal caregiver stress levels related to the quality of life of stroke patients.


2018 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 56-63
Author(s):  
Abdul Wakhid ◽  
Estri Linda Wijayanti ◽  
Liyanovitasari Liyanovitasari

Background: Self efficacy can optimize the quality of life of clients who undergo the healing process due to chronic diseases. Individuals with higher self-efficacy move their personal and social resources proactively to maintain and improve the quality and length of their lives so that they experience a better quality of life. Objectives: the purpose of this study was to find the correlation between self efficacy and quality of life of patients with chronic kidney disease who undergo hemodialysis at RSUD Semarang Regency. Metode: This type of research was descriptive correlation with cross sectional approach. The samples in this study more 76 people with total sampling technique. The data collection tool for self efficacy was measured by General Self-Efficacy scale, for quality of life with WHOQoL-BREF. Statistical test used Kolmogorov-smirnov. Result: The result showed that self efficacy in patients with chronic kidney disease was mostly in moderate category (53,9%), quality of life in patients with chronic kidney disease was mostly in good category (68,4%). There was a correlation between self efficacy and quality of life of patients with chronic kidney disease who undergo hemodialysis at RSUD Semarang Regency, the result obtained p-value of 0.000 <α (0,05). Suggestion: Patients with chronic kidney disease can maintain good quality of life by helping to generate positive self-esteem and high self efficacy.


2018 ◽  
Vol 68 ◽  
pp. 01009
Author(s):  
Virna Widora Saputri ◽  
Rico Januar Sitorus ◽  
H. M. Zulkarnain

The purpose of this study was to determine the factors that affect the quality of life of CRF patients in Hemodialysis Unit at Pringsewu District General Hospital. This study was conducted from February to May 2018 with cross sectional study design. The sampling technique using total sampling technique. Measurement of quality of life using KDQOL-SFTM version 1.3. The results found that quality of life scores were quite low in some domains and subscales. The mean of total score was 55.70 ± 21.30 with mean of Physical Health Composite (PHC) = 38.85 ± 9.26 and mean of Mental Health Composite (MHC) = 36.13 ± 7.08. Regarding the targeted area of ESRD, the scale of renal disease burden and occupational status scale resulted in the lowest score. The sleep quality scale score was 56.18 ± 20.72. Only 61 patients responded to questions of sexual activity with a score of 55.53 ± 27.44 on the scale of sexual function. In the 36-item health survey, the mean total score was 45.90 ± 21.95. The lowest score represented the limitations of roles caused by physical and emotional health problems. The result of statistical test showed that the variables significantly related to the quality of life of CRF patients were age, income, duration of hemodialysis and family support. Thus, family support was the variable that had the greatest impact on determining the quality of life of CRF patients. The CRF patients who lacked family support were 4.6 times more likely to lead poorer life compared to CRF patients who received good family support after being controlled by age, income, duration of hemodialysis, gender, working status, and diabetes mellitus variables.


2020 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 195-200
Author(s):  
Prystia Riana Putri ◽  
Megah Andriany ◽  
Artika Nurrahima

Prisoners in the correctional area are faced with unexpected situations and conditions. Prisoners ability to solve problems will affect the level of quality of life (QOL). However, research that focused on QOL levels based on age and education is not yet available, so this research is essential. This study applied a cross-sectional design with systemic random sampling and purposive sampling techniques. QoL measurements were carried out at 120 male prisoners using WHOQOL BREF instruments that have been tested as valid and reliable. The study was conducted in one of the Prisons in Central Java Province in September 2019. Inclusion criteria were no family visits, occupation of prisons for less than 18 months, general crime, and no cognitive impairment. The results showed that male prisoners with late adulthood and high school education had higher QOL mean rates of 88.5 and 87.6. The conclusion is the level of QOL related to age and high education.


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