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KMID : 0606419980040020231
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Korean Journal of Women Health Nursing
1998 Volume.4 No. 2 p.231 ~ p.244
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Predicting Quality of Life in Women Having Hysterectomies
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Kim Sook-Nam
Chang Soon-Bok
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Abstract
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The purpose of this study was to provide a basis for nursing intervention to enhance quality if life in women having hysterectomies. Data was collected using a self-report questionnaire from 205 women having hysterectomies at the outpatient clinics of four general hospitals and a mail survey in Pusan City. Reliability of eight instrument´s was tested with Cronbach´s alpha which ranged from .601-.901. The data were analyzed by percentage, mean, SD, Pearson´s Correlation and Stepwise Multiple Regression by using the SPSS 7.5 WIN Program. The results are as follows: 1) The average score for the quality of life was 74.33(score range 23-92). 2) There was a significant correlation between the predictive variables on quality of life. The most significant correlation was sexual identity(r=.516, p=.000). 3) When quality if life score was entered into the equation as the dependent variable, 7 variables explaining 54.5% of the variation in quality if life score. Sexual identity was the main predictor of quality of life and accounted for 24.6% of the variance in quality of life. 4) When physical domain score was entered into equation as the dependent variable, 5 variables explaining 29.2% of the variation in physical domain score. 5) When psychological domain score was entered into the equation as the dependent variable, 5 variables explaining 46.0% of the variation in psychological domain score. 6) When sexual life domain score was entered into the equation as the dependent variable, 6 variables explaining 39.4% of the variation in sexual life domain score. In conclusion, sexual identity, pre-operational symptom, sense of loss, spouse´s support, age, professional support, coping behavior were identified as important variables in the quality of life in women having hysterectomies
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KEYWORD
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Quality of Life, Hysterectomy
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