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Factors Influencing Quality of Life in People with Chronic Illness in Korea
Author(s) -
Han KuemSun,
Lee PyoungSook,
Lee SookJa,
Park EunSook
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
journal of nursing scholarship
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.009
H-Index - 80
eISSN - 1547-5069
pISSN - 1527-6546
DOI - 10.1111/j.1547-5069.2003.00139.x
Subject(s) - affect (linguistics) , quality of life (healthcare) , social support , psychology , perception , stepwise regression , action (physics) , self efficacy , gerontology , clinical psychology , medicine , social psychology , physics , communication , quantum mechanics , neuroscience , psychotherapist
Purpose: To identify factors influencing quality of life based on health‐promoting behavior in patients with chronic illness. Design and Methods: This descriptive study was conducted over 8 months in 2001 on 1,748 chronic adult outpatients at a university hospital in Seoul, Korea. Study variables and instruments were health perception, perceived benefits of action, perceived barriers to action, self‐esteem, self‐efficacy, social support, commitment of planned action, activity‐related affect, health‐promoting behavior, and quality of life. Results: The data indicated a statistically significant positive correlation among healthpromoting behavior, perceived benefits of action, self‐efficacy, social support, self‐esteem, health perception, activity‐related affect, and quality of life. A statistically significant negative correlation was found between perceived barriers to action and quality of life. Stepwise multiple regression showed that the most powerful predictor of quality of life was healthpromoting behavior. The combination of health‐promoting behavior, activity‐related affect, self‐esteem, health perception, commitment to planned action, social support, and perceived barriers to action accounted for 57% of the variance in quality of life. Conclusions: Multiple social, psychological, and health‐related factors were associated with quality of life.