Human Care Theory and Influences on the Life Quality Index of Cancer Patients in Household Life ()
Abstract
To investigatetheinfluences of the application of human care
theory on the life quality and happiness of cancer patients after they receiveda
community nursing care which was implemented by the human care theory. The
quality life and the happiness index of 93 patients with cancer living in the
six communities in Jillin were assessed, the assessment of the life quality was
based on a life quality scale (SF-36) and that of the happiness index was based
on Memorial University of Newfoundland Scale of Happiness (MUNSH). The
community nurses cared for these patients by applying the theory of human care
and the life quality and the happiness index of the patients were observed
after the care. The results showed that there were significant differences in
the score of 5 dimensions in the eight dimensions of the life quality between
before the care and after the care (<0.05), and there were significant
differences in the average sores of the positive emotion, positive experience,
negative emotion, negative experience and level of happiness included in the
happiness index between before the care and after the care (<0.05),
suggesting that the theory of human care can be used for the care of patients
with cancer and the application of the theory can effectively improve the life
quality and the happiness index of the patients, strengthen their
problem-solving abilities and let them have a positive attitude towards their
lives.
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Sun, Y. , Gao, L. , Dong, Y. and Gong, L. (2013) Human Care Theory and Influences on the Life Quality Index of Cancer Patients in Household Life.
Engineering,
5, 252-254. doi:
10.4236/eng.2013.510B052.
Conflicts of Interest
The authors declare no conflicts of interest.
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