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Han, Khim, Lee, Park, Park, Kim, Lee, Kang, and Yoon: Family Functioning and Quality of Life of the Family Care-giver in Cancer Patients
Original Article

Journal of Korean Academy of Nursing 2006; 36(6): 983-991.

Published online: 28 March 2017

DOI: https://doi.org/10.4040/jkan.2006.36.6.983

Family Functioning and Quality of Life of the Family Care-giver in Cancer Patients

Kuem Sun Han1, Soon Yong Khim2, Sook Ja Lee2, Eun Sook Park2, Young Joo Park2, Jeong Hwa Kim3, Kwang Mi Lee3, Hyun Chul Kang4, Ji Won Yoon5

1Associate Professor, Korea University, College of Nursing, Korea.

2Professor, Korea University, College of Nursing, Korea.

3Head Nurse, National Cancer Center, Korea.

4Senior Lecturer, Department of Informational statistics, HoSeo University, Korea.

5Research Assistant Professor, Korea University, College of Nursing, Korea.

hksun@korea.ac.kr

Copyright © 2006 Korean Society of Nursing Science

Abstract

Purpose

The purpose of this study was to identify the relationship among quality of life, family coherence, family hardiness, and family resources of the family care-giver caring for a cancer patient.

Method

Data was collected by questionnaires from 137 families with a cancer patient at a General Hospital and Government Cancer Hospital. Data was analyzed using descriptive statistics, pearson correlation coefficients, and stepwise multiple regression.

Results

The score of quality of life showed a significant positive correlation with the score of the level of family sense of coherence, family hardiness, and family resources. The most powerful predictor of quality of life was sense of coherence and the variance was 30%. A combination of sense of coherence and family resources account for 34 % of the variance in quality of life of the family care-giver caring for a cancer patient.

Conclusion

The results showed that family sense of coherence, hardiness, and family resources were significant influencing factors on the quality of life of the family care-giver caring for a cancer patient.

Keywords: Quality of life, Family function, Hardiness, Sense of coherence

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