Key result
Higher Karnofsky Performance Status and being married predicted higher QoL scores, while older age, higher symptom number, and higher distress predicted lower physical QoL scores.
Why the study?
Quality of life is an important measure of the effect of diseases on daily living, but research among patients with chronic diseases in Oman is scarce.
Cross-Sectional (n=340)
In patients with chronic diseases in Oman, higher performance status and being married predict better quality of life, whereas older age, COPD, and higher symptom burden predict worse quality of life.
May inform supportive care for symptom burden in chronic disease; leaves open causal effects on QoL.
Background. Quality of life (QoL) is an important measure to understand the effect of diseases on patients’ daily living. Yet, the research on QoL among patients with chronic diseases in Oman is scarce. This study aimed to assess the level and determine the predictors of QoL among patients with chronic diseases in Oman. Methods. A cross-sectional correlational descriptive was run among 340 patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), chronic heart failure, and/or end-stage renal disease. Results. Participants’ mean age was 60.6 years (SD ± 14.4) and the majority were males (63.5%). The highest mean scores were emotional well-being (mean = 85.2, SD = ±11.2) and role limitations due to personal or emotional problems (mean = 83.2, SD = ±35.8). In addition, COPD patients reported the lowest scores on the QoL questionnaire. Having a high score on the Karnofsky Performance Status Scale (KPSS) and being married predicted a higher score in the mental and physical domains of QoL, while having a higher total symptom number and COPD predicted a lower score in the mental domain. Older age, higher total symptom number, and a higher distress level predicted a lower score on the physical domain of QoL. Conclusion. The results call for a need to improve the QoL among the patients with chronic disease, including symptom management plans, self-management programmes, and training to enhance their own perception of QoL. Furthermore, symptom management plans are highly needed.
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Qadire et al. (2023) conducted a cross-sectional in Chronic diseases (COPD, chronic heart failure, end-stage renal disease) (n=340). Clinical and demographic factors (e.g., Karnofsky Performance Status, marital status, symptom burden, age) was evaluated on Quality of life (QoL) level and predictors. Higher Karnofsky Performance Status and being married predicted higher QoL scores, while older age, higher symptom number, and higher distress predicted lower physical QoL scores.
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