J Korean Acad Psychiatr Ment Health Nurs JKAPMHN Journal of Korean Academy of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing 1225-8482 2288-4653 The Korean Academy of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing 10.12934/jkpmhn.2011.20.2.157 Original Article Factors Influencing Quality of Life in People with Mental Disabilities using Mental Health Centers Byun Eun Kyung 1 Jun Seong-Sook 2 Visiting Professor, Department of Nursing, Silla University, Korea. Professor, Collage of Nursing, Pusan National University, Korea. Address reprint requests to: Jun, Seong-Sook, Collage of Nursing, Pusan National University, Beomeo-ri, Mulgeum-eup, Yangsan 626-770, Korea. Tel: 82-51-510-8359, Fax: 82-51-510-8349, jss@pusan.ac.kr 06 2011 30 06 2011 20 2 157 166 07 03 2011 15 06 2011 15 06 2011 © 2011 The Korean Academy of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing 2011 This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/) which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. Purpose

The study was done to identify factors influencing the quality of life of people with mental disabilities who use mental health centers.

 Methods

Data were collected by questionnaires from 288 people with mental disabilities in Busan and Kyungnam Provience. Data were analyzed using t-test, ANOVA, Pearson correlation coefficients, multiple linear regression with the SPSS/WIN 14.0 program.

 Results

The mean score for quality of life was 11.3±1.70, and the mean empowerment score was 59.7±8.44. The significant factors influencing quality of life were gender, age, residential status, number of support people, side-effects of drugs, service type, and empowerment. These factors explained 43.9% of the variance.

 Conclusion

The results suggest that in development and practice of program to increase the quality of life of people with mental disabilities a variety of factors should be considered.

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