HASTA GÜÇLENDİRME VE YAŞAM KALİTESİ İLİŞKİSİ
THE RELATIONSHIP OF PATIENT EMPOWERMENT AND LIFE QUALITY

Summary/Abstract: Aim: In this study, it was aimed to determine the relationship between patient empowerment and life quality and the factors affecting patients' life quality. Method: Chronic patients who applied to the internal medicine, thoracic diseases, cardiology and general surgery clinics in a university hospital between February 5 and May 25, 2018 were included in the study. In this study, which included patients with asthma, diabetes, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), thyroid and heart disease, the patient empowerment scale developed by Small (2012) and whose Turkish validity and reliability tested by Kaya and Işık (2018) was applied. The life quality of the patients was evaluated by applying the EQ-5D 5L scale developed by The Euro Qol Group with Dutch weights. Random sampling method was used and 515 patients were included in the study. The data of the study were analyzed by SPSS 23 statistical program. Findings: The average score of the applied patient empowerment scale was 130.18. A moderately positive relationship was found between patient empowerment and life quality. Also it was determined that age group and chronic disease type caused changes in patient empowerment and life quality score. Results: In this study, it was concluded that there is a relationship between patient empowerment and life quality and patient empowerment increases the life quality. Therefore, it is recommended to attach importance to practices for empowering patients, to ensure active participation in the treatment of the patient and to plan the policies to be implemented accordingly.

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