Health - Related Quality of Life in Chronic Disease Patients Undergoing Occupational Therapy: is it affected by Clinical and Demographic Factors?

Abstract

Foteini Terzaki, Maria Tsironi, Paraskevi Theofilou

The purpose of this research is to study the correlation of the quality of life with the time of occupational therapy, gender, age and the years that have passed since the diagnosis. The sample consists of 63 people, all chronic disease patients. Of the above patients, according to the research design, half receive Occupational Therapy services at a rate of 50.8% (32 patients) while the remaining 49.2% (31 people) did not receive. For the data collection MVQOLI-15 was used. The results indicated that statistically significant differences were found in wellbeing, where women comparatively seemed to enjoy higher levels than men (p<0.05). A statistically significant (p=0.016<0.05) monotonic positive correlation (r=0.421) appeared between age and spirituality. Also, a statistically significant correlation (p=0.004<0.05) was found between interpersonal relationships and years since the diagnosis of the disease. It is obvious that clinical and demographic features may affect quality of life in chronic disease patients.

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