Abstract
Session presented on: Wednesday, July 24, 2013:
Purpose: This study was to explore the effects of social interaction and anxiety symptoms on quality of life in schizophrenia patients.
Methods: This is a cross-sectional, correlational study. Convenience sample was conducted in northern medical hospitals (excluding the schizophrenia cases treated in acute ward). Qualified subjects were 143 schizophrenia patients. Instruments included four parts: demographic data, Assessment of Communication and Interaction Skills Chinese version (ACIS-C), Beck Anxiety Inventory and WHOQOL-Bref. Assessment of Communication and Interaction Skills was collected through individual interview or group observation, while the others were collected by self-report. SPSS 17.0 was employed to conduct descriptive statistics on mean, standard deviation, median after the data was collected. As for the inference statistics, it included t-test, Mann-Whitney U test, one way Analysis of Variance, Kruskal-Wallis test, Pearson Correlation and used multiple regression to examine the important predictable variables of quality of life in schizophrenia patients.
Results: The research results are as the following: 1. There was a negative correlation between length of illness and social interaction. 2. The mean of Beck Anxiety Inventory was 15.01 (SD = 13.55); the younger the age is, the anxiety symptoms increase, and the longer the illness is, the anxiety symptoms decrease. (3) Anxiety symptoms can negatively affect the quality of life.
Conclusion: This research suggests nursing staffs should adopt more effective nursing interventions for anxiety symptoms to improve the quality of life.
Sigma Membership
Non-member
Lead Author Affiliation
Cardinal Tien Junior College of Healthcare and Management, New Taipei, Taiwan
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Presentation
Format Type
Text-based Document
Study Design/Type
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Keywords:
Quality of Life, Social Interactions, Anxiety Symptoms
Recommended Citation
Wang, Tzu-Ting; Yang, Chiu-Yueh; Lo, Su-Chen; and Lin, Chiu-Yi, "Explore the effects of social interactions and anxiety symptoms on quality of life in schizophrenia patients" (2013). INRC (Congress). 192.
https://www.sigmarepository.org/inrc/2013/presentations_2013/192
Conference Name
24th International Nursing Research Congress
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Sigma Theta Tau International
Conference Location
Prague, Czech Republic
Conference Year
2013
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Explore the effects of social interactions and anxiety symptoms on quality of life in schizophrenia patients
Prague, Czech Republic
Session presented on: Wednesday, July 24, 2013:
Purpose: This study was to explore the effects of social interaction and anxiety symptoms on quality of life in schizophrenia patients.
Methods: This is a cross-sectional, correlational study. Convenience sample was conducted in northern medical hospitals (excluding the schizophrenia cases treated in acute ward). Qualified subjects were 143 schizophrenia patients. Instruments included four parts: demographic data, Assessment of Communication and Interaction Skills Chinese version (ACIS-C), Beck Anxiety Inventory and WHOQOL-Bref. Assessment of Communication and Interaction Skills was collected through individual interview or group observation, while the others were collected by self-report. SPSS 17.0 was employed to conduct descriptive statistics on mean, standard deviation, median after the data was collected. As for the inference statistics, it included t-test, Mann-Whitney U test, one way Analysis of Variance, Kruskal-Wallis test, Pearson Correlation and used multiple regression to examine the important predictable variables of quality of life in schizophrenia patients.
Results: The research results are as the following: 1. There was a negative correlation between length of illness and social interaction. 2. The mean of Beck Anxiety Inventory was 15.01 (SD = 13.55); the younger the age is, the anxiety symptoms increase, and the longer the illness is, the anxiety symptoms decrease. (3) Anxiety symptoms can negatively affect the quality of life.
Conclusion: This research suggests nursing staffs should adopt more effective nursing interventions for anxiety symptoms to improve the quality of life.