Association of quality of life with self-care agency and difficulties in daily life in the knee osteoarthritis patients

Research Project

Project/Area Number	21792214
Research Category	Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
Allocation Type	Single-year Grants
Research Field	Clinical nursing
Research Institution	Tottori University
Principal Investigator	TANIMURA Chika 鳥取大学, 医学部, 講師 (90346346)
Project Period (FY)	2009 – 2011
Project Status	Completed (Fiscal Year 2011)
Budget Amount *help	¥1,950,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥450,000) Fiscal Year 2011: ¥650,000 (Direct Cost: ¥500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥150,000) Fiscal Year 2010: ¥520,000 (Direct Cost: ¥400,000、Indirect Cost: ¥120,000) Fiscal Year 2009: ¥780,000 (Direct Cost: ¥600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥180,000)
Keywords	変形性膝関節症 / 生活上の困難 / セルフケア能力 / QOL / セルフケア
Research Abstract	The aim of this study was to develop an instrument to assess self-care agency and difficulties in daily life experienced by patients with osteoarthritis of the knee and to investigate factors influencing difficulties in daily life and self-care agency. Furthermore, the self-management program for knee OA patients was devised. We developed a reliable and valid scale for the measurement of self-care agency and difficulties in the daily life experienced by patients with osteoarthritis of the knee. The findings indicated that the patients with difficulties had lower well-being and the patients with higher self-care agency had higher QOL.

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