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KMID : 1004620140200010053
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Clinical Nursing Research
2014 Volume.20 No. 1 p.53 ~ p.63
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A Study on the Relationship between Drug Related Knowledge, Sick Role Behavior and Quality of Life of Patients Taking Warfarin
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Jun Myung-Hwa
Lee Chang-Kwan
Lee Yun-Hee
Park Yu-Gyeong
Gang Seon-Mi
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Abstract
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Purpose: This study was conducted to investigate the relationship between drug-related knowledge, sick role behavior and quality of life of patients on wafarin therapy in an outpatient unit.
Methods: The participants were 122 patients. Data were collected using a questionnaire and analyzed using t-test, ANOVA and Pearson correlation.
Results: The Duration of wafarin averaged 28.80±32.99 months, and 78.7% of participants remembered their blood coagulation value. The mean score for drug-related knowledge was 11.32 points out of a possible 13 points. Sick role behavior of the patients showed a moderate value with a mean of 49.83 points out of 68 points. The mean score for quality of life was rather low at 104.43 out of 175. Drug-related knowledge was significantly correlated to sick role behavior (r=0.39, p<.001), but the relationship between sick role behavior and quality of life was not significant. Also drug-related knowledge was not significantly correlated with quality of life.
Conclusion: The results indicate that there is a need to enhance the level of drug-related knowledge in order to increase positive behavior as part of the sick role of these patients and thus improve quality of life.
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KEYWORD
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Anticoagulants, Knowledge, Sick role, Quality of life
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