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Yoo, Lee, and Park: Factors Influencing Quality of Life of Alcoholics Anonymous Members in Korea
Original Article

Journal of Korean Academy of Nursing 2016; 46(2): 305-314.

Published online: 29 April 2016

DOI: https://doi.org/10.4040/jkan.2016.46.2.305

Factors Influencing Quality of Life of Alcoholics Anonymous Members in Korea

Jae-Soon Yoo1, Jongeun Lee1, Woo-Young Park2

1Department of Nursing Science, College of Medicine, Chungbuk National University, Cheongju, Korea.

2Cheongju Community Addiction Management Center, Cheongju, Korea.

Address reprint requests to: Lee, Jongeun. Department of Nursing Science, College of Medicine, Chungbuk National University, 1 Chungdae-ro, Seowon-gu, Cheongju 28644, Korea. Tel: +82-43-249-1834, Fax: +82-43-266-1710, agnes38@chungbuk.ac.kr

Received 16 July 2015       Revised 23 July 2015       Accepted 11 January 2016

© 2016 Korean Society of Nursing Science

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Abstract

Purpose

The purpose of this study was to determine quality of life (QOL) related factors in Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) members based on PRECEDE Model.

Methods

A cross sectional survey was conducted with participants (N =203) from AA meeting in 11 alcohol counsel centers all over South Korea. Data were collected using a specially designed questionnaire based on the PRECEDE model and including QOL, epidemiological factors (including depression and perceived health status), behavioral factors (continuous abstinence and physical health status and practice), predisposing factors (abstinence self-efficacy and self-esteem), reinforcing factors (social capital and family functioning), and enabling factors. Data were analyzed using t-test, one way ANOVA, Tukey HSD test and hierarchical multiple regression analysis with SPSS (ver. 21.0).

Results

Of the educational diagnostic variables, self-esteem (β=.23), family functioning (β=.12), abstinence self-efficacy (β=.12) and social capital (β=.11) were strong influential factors in AA members' QOL. In addition, epidemiological diagnostic variables such as depression (β= - .44) and perceived health status (β=.35) were the main factors in QOL. Also, physical health status and practice (β=.106), one of behavioral diagnostic variables was a beneficial factor in QOL. Hierarchical multiple regression analysis showed the determinant variables accounted for 44.0% of the variation in QOL (F=25.76, p<.001).

Conclusion

The finding of the study can be used as a framework for planning interventions in order to promote the quality of life of AA members. It is necessary to develop nursing intervention strategies for strengthening educational and epidemiological diagnostic variables in order to improve AA members' QOL.

Keywords: Alcoholics anonymous, Quality of life, Self-esteem, Depression, Health status

Figures and Tables

Figure 1

Conceptual framework.

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Table 1

Quality of Life in Participants by General Characteristics (N =203)

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*M±SD=49.42±8.24; †M±SD=18.50±4.89.

Table 2

Values of Descriptive Statistics for Variables

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Table 3

Association among Quality of Life, General Characteristics, and PRECEDE-PROCEED related Variables

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Notes

This work was supported by the research grant of Chungbuk National University in 2013

CONFLICTS OF INTEREST The authors declared no conflict of interest.

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