scholarly journals Incorrect Inhaler Technique Compromising Quality of Life of Asthmatic Patients

2012 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 16-21 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anjum Hashmi ◽  
Jamil Ahmed Soomro ◽  
Afzal Memon ◽  
Tahira Kasur Soomro
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Significant Relationship ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Education Level ◽  
Inhaler Technique ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Asthmatic Patients ◽  
Chest Clinic

Introduction: The inhalation route is widely used for the treatment of asthma. It is considered that inadequate inhaler technique is the leading cause of therapy failure. Objective: To determine the proportion of incorrect inhaler use and associated factors in asthmatic patients compromising quality of life.                   Methodology: It is a cross sectional study conducted at Specialist Chest Clinic Fatima Bhai Hospital Karachi from September 2010 to March 2011. A sample size of 215 was selected by Non-probability purposive sampling technique. Trained health care workers in presence Chest specialist requested patients to demonstrate their inhaler technique and assessed it according to the checklist. If any of the steps was missing or done incorrectly, it was marked as incorrect technique. Information was also collected through a structured questionnaire on socio-demographic variables such as age, gender, education, duration of asthma, duration of inhaler use, and patient education of inhaler technique. Data was entered and analyzed on SPSS-14. Results: There was an inverse relationship between education level and incorrect inhaler technique (p<0.05). Education of inhaler usage provided by doctors was more effective as compared to education provided by nurses (p<0.038). There was no significant relationship between age, sex, duration of asthma, duration of inhaler use, frequency of inhaler use and incorrect inhaler technique. Conclusion: Quality of life of a large percentage of patients is compromised by incorrect inhaler use and education level of patients had significant relationship with incorrect inhaler technique.DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3329/jom.v13i1.7980 JOM 2012; 13(1): 16-21

Morbidity Pattern and Its Determinants in Urban Field Practice Area of VIMS, Bellary - A Cross-Sectional Study

2021 ◽  
Vol 8 (30) ◽  
pp. 2763-2767
Author(s):  
Pratibharani Reddy ◽  
Ramesh K ◽  
Anju Mariam Jacob ◽  
Gangadhara Goud T
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Disease Burden ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Age Group ◽  
Sectional Study ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Training Centre ◽  
The Family

BACKGROUND India is doubly burdened with communicable and non-communicable diseases (NCD). Knowledge regarding morbidity profile is important for timely intervention so as to improve the quality of life. For effective health strategies, it is important to know the disease burden of a community. As for the effective preventive strategies, it’s important to know the information regarding disease burden and changing trends of diseases in the locality. Hence this study was done to find the morbidity pattern of urban population in Bellary district, Karnataka. METHODS A cross sectional study was carried out in Millerpet, urban health training centre (UHTC), Bellary, Karnataka. The respective UHTC covers 69195 populations, which has eight wards. Simple random sampling technique was adopted to select the ward. The study was carried out in the selected ward and the study duration was for a period of 3 months. Based on the estimated sample size, 416 houses were selected using random number method. Statistical package for social sciences (SPSS) software version 26 was used for analysing data. Descriptive statistics were used to describe socio demographic and morbidity conditions. RESULTS The most common morbidity among 416 houses were found to be diabetes (22.8 %) followed by hypertension (20 %) and musculoskeletal problems (9 %). Majority of the houses were of nuclear type and the most common age group was 31 - 60 (91.8 %) years followed by 13 - 30 years (80.8 %). 167 (40.1 %) houses had at least one morbidity and 451 (41.4) subjects had at least one morbidity. Socio-demographic variables like age group, family size, monthly income, occupation of head of the family and type of the family were found to be statistically significant. CONCLUSIONS The study revealed that non communicable are the most common diseases present and there is a need to further evaluate the factors responsible so that preventive measures can be taken at the earliest so as to improve the quality of life. KEYWORDS Morbidity Pattern, Urban, Bellary

scholarly journals Emotion regulation, optimism and quality of life among Gastric Ulcer Patients

2021 ◽  
Vol 37 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Amina Muazzam ◽  
Nida Ali ◽  
Yasmeen Niazi ◽  
Naima Hassan
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Emotion Regulation ◽  
Gastric Ulcer ◽  
Age Groups ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Life Orientation Test ◽  
Creative Commons

Objective: The study was aimed to investigate the association among emotion regulation, optimism and quality of life among gastric ulcer patients. Methods: The Cross-sectional study was conducted in public sector hospitals of Lahore, during January-June 2017. Sample of study was comprised of 100 patients diagnosed with gastric ulcer, aged 25-55 years, selected through non-probability purposive sampling technique. Demographic information sheet, Emotion Regulation Scale by John, Gross 2003, Life Orientation Test-Revised by Sheer, Carver 2002, Quality of Life Enjoyment and Satisfaction Questionnaire by Endicott 1993 were used for data collection. SPSS 21 version was used for data analysis. Results: Out of total 100 participants 41 (41%) were men and 59 (59%) were women, with mean age of (M= 44.89, SD= 7.99). There was significant positive correlation among emotion regulation, optimism and quality of life (p<0.01). Optimism and emotion regulation were observed as significant predictors of quality of life (p<0.01). Significant gender differences were found in emotion regulation (p< 0.01), optimism (p< 0.01) and quality of life (p<0.01), with men scoring higher as compared to women. One way ANOVA showed significant differences between emotion regulation, optimism and quality of life among different age groups of gastric ulcer patients (p< 0.01). Conclusion: Quality of life of gastric ulcer patients can be greatly improved by effectively using emotion regulation strategies and optimistic approach. doi: https://doi.org/10.12669/pjms.37.4.3894 How to cite this:Muazzam A, Ali N, Niazi Y, Hassan N. Emotion regulation, optimism and quality of life among Gastric Ulcer Patients. Pak J Med Sci. 2021;37(4):---------. doi: https://doi.org/10.12669/pjms.37.4.3894 This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

scholarly journals Quality of Life of Ostomy Patients Attending BP Koirala Memorial Cancer Hospital Chitwan

2018 ◽  
Vol 4 (Supplement 2) ◽  
pp. 110s-110s
Author(s):  
R.S. Mehta ◽  
C.K. Garbuja
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
P Value ◽  
Permanent Colostomy ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Care Services ◽  
Assess Quality

Background: The global scenario shows an increase trend of ostomy surgery. And, quality of life of ostomy patients has become a common concern. Understandings of factors that can have an impact on QoL should be assessed which will provide a guideline for improving QoL of ostomy patients. Aim: The aim of the study are to assess quality of life of ostomy patients and to find out the association between quality of life with selected demographic variables. Methods: A descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted to assess quality of life of ostomy patient. Ninety-four patients were selected by purposive sampling technique. COH-QOL-Ostomy questionnaire tool was used for data collection. Data were collected from descriptive and inferential statistics were used for data analysis. The P value was estimated at 95% confidence interval with 5% permissible error. Results: The study demonstrated that mean age of respondents was 51.10 ± 16.14 years. Permanent colostomy was common. The mean score for overall QoL was 6.50 ± 1.69. The physical domain (7.14 ± 2.32) had the highest score and spiritual (5.87 ± 1.56) had lowest. The major problems related to ostomy bag were leakage (68.90%), followed by itching around the stoma (52.70%), redness (32.40%), burning sensation (16.2%) and rashes (16.2%) respectively. Age, education, residence, occupation, duration of ostomy, reason and kind of ostomy, isolation of self from social gatherings and change in clothing style had significant effects on quality of life ( P < 0.05). Conclusion: The findings revealed that presence of ostomy influences QoL of ostomy patients. Hence, adequate stoma care services, health education and counseling are important for having a positive impact on patients living with ostomy.

scholarly journals Comparing the quality of life of neuropathic patients treated with gabapentin and pregabalin at the neuropathic poly of the NTB provincial hospital in 2019

2021 ◽  
pp. 225-229
Author(s):  
Nurul Qiyaam ◽  
Baiq Leny Nopitasari ◽  
Haerul Muhajiji
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Nervous System ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
A Value ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
The Central Nervous System ◽  
Eq Vas

Introduction: Neuropathic pain is caused by the malfunctioning of the central nervous system or the peripheral nervous system. This pain is chronic and so it disrupts a patient’s quality of life which can lead to them becoming frustrated. Aim: The purpose of this study was to compare the quality of life of neuropathic patients using either gabapentin or pregabalin at the neuropathic clinic of the Regional General Hospital of West Nusa Tenggara Province in 2019. Methods: This study used a cross-sectional study design. The sampling technique that was used was purposive sampling which was carried out by filling out the EQ-5D-3L and EQ-VAS questionnaires. Results: The results showed no significant difference between the quality of life of the patients using gabapentin and the patients using pregabalin as the EQ-5D-3L questionnaire had a value of p = 0.683. There was no significant difference between the quality of life between the gabapentin and pregabalin groups using the EQ-VAS questionnaire which had a value of p = 1.000.

scholarly journals Quality of Life of Menopausal Women Residing Dharan Sub-metropolitan City, Nepal

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anu Thapa ◽  
Mangala Shrestha ◽  
Nirmala Pokharel ◽  
Tulasa Basnet
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Healthy Aging ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Demographic Variables ◽  
Snowball Sampling ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Metropolitan City ◽  
Menopausal Women

Abstract Background: Menopause poses a big challenge during middle age and to the healthy aging of woman. Majority of women face various problems and disturbances in daily living leading to decrease in quality of life. This study focuses on menopause related symptoms and quality of life in relation to the symptoms. Method: This descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted among 200 women of age 40-60 years at Dharan Sub-metropolitan City of Nepal selected through snowball sampling technique. The data were collected over the period of four weeks. Semi- structured questionnaire for demographic variables and menopause specific quality of life (MENQOL) questionnaire were used to collect data. Interview technique was adapted. Descriptive and inferential statistics were used to interpret data. Result: Mean menopausal age of the study group was 47.14 years. The most common symptoms of vasomotor, psychosocial, physical and sexual domains were hot flushes, experiencing poor memory, feeling tired or worn out and change in sexual desire respectively. The overall score of menopausal quality of life for each domain reported that highest the mean score in sexual domain (3.58 ± 1.62) and least score in vasomotor domain (2.08 ± 1.67). The score of physical domain was significantly high in late postmenopausal group than early postmenopausal group. Significant association was obtained with age, ethnicity, menopause status, physical activity and marital status in relation to the domains of quality of life. Conclusions: The results conclude that all the menopausal women were having at least one menopausal symptom from each domain. The menopausal women scored highest in sexual domain and least in vasomotor domain suggesting decrease quality of life in relation to sexual domain. Menopausal symptoms were associated with decrease in quality of life. Thus awareness regarding the menopausal changes should be focused in premenopausal age group of women

Assessment of Quality of Life in Chronic Renal Disease Patients Undergoing Hemodialysis at Public Hospital, Lahore

2019 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Mahrukh Ali ◽  
Maryam Naveed ◽  
Mehmoona Khan ◽  
Muhammad Arif Khan
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Renal Disease ◽  
Chronic Renal Disease ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Sociodemographic Factors ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Middle Aged ◽  
Aged Patients ◽  
Cross Sectional

Quality of life of chronic renal disease patients is affected by several factors, depending on stage of disease, type of treatment and sociodemographic factors Objective: To assess the quality of life undergoing hemodialysis patients Methods: A cross-sectional study was carried out at Sir Ganga Ram Hospital, Lahore during February to May-2019. Patients suffering from chronic renal disease were included in the study and uncooperative patients were excluded in the study. Total 100 samples of chronic renal disease patients were selected through non-probability convenient sampling technique. Patients were assessed through pre-tested questionnaire. SPSS version 21.0 was used for data analysis Results: According to results 39% patients reported that they were suffering from depression, 47% patients of chronic renal disease were unemployed, 28% patients were malnourished and 98% patients were having 3 or more dialysis sessions per week. Also only 26% patients thought that quality of life of older patients is better while 74% considered it poor. Only 77% patients thought that quality of life of middle aged patients is better while 23% patients considered that quality of life of middle aged patients was poor. 42% patients thought that quality of life of young aged patients is better while 58%considered it poor. Conclusions: Malnutrition, unemployment and hypertension are the factors affecting the quality of life in patients undergoing hemodialysis in this study. The quality of life of middle aged patients was comparatively better. 

scholarly journals Assessment of quality of life in people living with HIV in Georgia

2016 ◽  
Vol 28 (7) ◽  
pp. 672-678 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ekaterine Karkashadze ◽  
Margaret A. Gates ◽  
Nikoloz Chkhartishvili ◽  
Jack DeHovitz ◽  
Tengiz Tsertsvadze
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Prevalence Ratio ◽  
Educational Interventions ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Education Level ◽  
Future Research ◽  
People Living With Hiv ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Study Results

The purpose of our study was to assess quality of life (QoL) among Georgian HIV-infected individuals and to examine factors associated with QoL. Our cross-sectional study sample consisted of 201 HIV-infected adult outpatients recruited at the National AIDS Center in Tbilisi, Georgia. WHOQOL-HIV-BREF was used to measure QoL. Data about other variables of interest were obtained from medical records. Modified Poisson regression with robust variance estimates was performed to create a predictive model of factors that influenced QoL. The study results showed the following factors as predictors of good general QoL: antiretroviral (ARV) treatment (prevalence ratio (PR)=2.87 (95% CI: 1.45, 5.67)); higher education level (PR = 1.51 (95% CI: 1.05, 2.17)); CD4 cells ≥200 cells/mm3 (PR = 1.83 (95% CI: 1.13, 2.94)); and age ≥40 years (PR = 1.60 (95% CI: 1.09, 2.36)). However, all factors examined were associated with at least one QoL domain. Our study suggests that HIV-infected individuals younger than 40 years and those with lower education level are more likely to have poorer QoL, while those receiving ARV treatment tend to have better QoL. This highlights the importance of educational interventions and ARV treatment in HIV patients. Future research should seek to implement additional evidence-based actions to improve QoL in this population.

scholarly journals Quality of life on caregiver of schizophrenia client in outpatient installation of Tampan psychiatric hospital

2019 ◽  
Vol 6 (9) ◽  
pp. 3723
Author(s):  
Helena Patricia ◽  
Khatijah Lim Abdullah ◽  
Ira Erwina
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Marital Status ◽  
Psychiatric Hospital ◽  
Significant Relationship ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
World Health ◽  
Stressful Situation ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
World Health Organization Quality

Background: The process of caring for a schizophrenic client creates a stressful situation; caregiver's unpreparedness in dealing with this problem has an impact on the deterioration of the quality of life. The decline in quality of life of caregiver is influenced by several factors such as caregiver’s burden and characteristic of caregiver include age, gender, sex, marital status, education, income, and relationship with client. This study aimed to determine the relationship of burden and characteristic with the quality of life on the caregiver.Methods: The design of this study was descriptive analytic with cross sectional study approach on 186 caregiver with convenient technique sampling. Data were collected by the Zarit Burden Interview questionnaire and the World Health Organization Quality of Life (WHOQOL-BREF).Results: The results showed 99 (53.2%) caregivers had a low quality of life, 92 (49.5%) caregivers felt heavy burden. Chi-square statistical test proved a significant relationship between burden (0.001) and all characteristics caregiver include age (0.033), gender (0.033), sex (0.000) marital status (0.001), education (0.001), income (0.002), and relationship with client (0.000) with quality of life.Conclusions: The result showed that test proved a significant relationship between burden and characteristics caregiver with quality of life of multivariate analysis showed that marital status was the most correlated with quality of life of caregiver. Suggestions for Tampan Psychiatric Hospital Pekanbaru are to improve mental nursing service comprehensively to client and family like health education program about how to improve quality of life.

scholarly journals FAKTOR-FAKTOR YANG BERHUBUNGAN DENGAN KUALITAS HIDUP PEREMPUAN KLIMAKTERIK

2019 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 30-39
Author(s):  
Yanita Trisetiyaningsih
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Health Insurance ◽  
Marital Status ◽  
Significant Relationship ◽  
Employment Status ◽  
Rating Scale ◽  
Rank Correlation ◽  
Education Level ◽  
Cross Sectional

Background:Physical and psychological changes during climacterium phase could influence quality of life in climacteric women. Eightypercent of womenreported anydiscomfortthat occurs as climactericsymptomssuch asheadaches, sexual problems, tachycardia, hot flushes, sweatingandinsomniathat can significantlydegrade the quality oflive. Factorsthat determinethe quality of lifeare age, menopauseduration, marital status, education level, income, employment status, healthstatus, health insurance, and parity. Objective: The purpose of the study was to determine thefactorsassociated withthe quality of life ofclimactericwomen. Methods: The study wasa quantitave research with cross sectional design. The samples were 88 subjects. Data collection used Menopause Rating Scale (MRS) and the WHOQOL-BREF.The data analysis used Spearman rank correlation test and contingency coefficient. Result: There was a significant relationship between parity and employment status with quality of life (p<0.05), but not to the variables of age, duration of menopause, marital status, education level, income, and health insurance. Conclusion: There was a significant relationship between parity and employment status with quality of lifein climacteric women. Keyword: Quality of life, climacteric women

scholarly journals Faktor yang mempengaruhi kualitas hidup orang dengan HIV/AIDS (ODHA) di Kota Kupang

2017 ◽  
Vol 33 (11) ◽  
pp. 509 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fitri Handayani ◽  
Fatwa Sari Tetra Dewi
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Education Level ◽  
Bivariate Analysis ◽  
People Living With Hiv ◽  
Chi Square ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Living With Hiv ◽  
Hiv Aids

Purpose This study aimed to determine factors that affect the quality of life of people living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA) in Kota Kupang.MethodsThe study used cross-sectional study design with 100 people who had been on ARV therapy ≥1 months, age ≥18 years, was able to communicate with Indonesian language and willing to become respondents. The bivariate analysis used chi-square test and multivariate analysis used logistic regression test.ResultsThere was no significant correlation between the level of education, duration of antiretroviral therapy and the stigma of the quality of life of PLWHA. There was no significant relationship between sex, age, occupation, income, marital status, and adherence to the quality of life of PLWHA. The factors that most affect the quality of life of PLWHA were education level and stigma of ARV therapy.Conclusion The factors that most affect the quality of life of people living with HIV were education level and stigma of ARV therapy.

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