여성암 환자의 억압된 분노와 삶의 질과의 관계

Correlation between “Anger-in” and Quality of Life in Female Cancer Patients

The purpose of this study is to provide the basic data to improve the QOL in patients suffering from female cancers. Subjects of this study were consisted 255 persons who admitted or visited three university hospitals. The instruments used for this study included the Quality Of Life Scale(QOL) developed by National Conference on Cancer Nursing and successively amended by K won (1990)’ Anger in developed by Spielberger(1988) and successively amended by Chon (1997). The collected data were analyzed using a SPSS 11.0 for PC. To find out significant factors of Anger in & QOL in patients with Female Cancer patients, Frequency, Percentage, t-test, ANOVA , Scheffe-test, Pearson s correlation coefficients were conducted. The main findings • Anger in score was a little low & QOL score was middle. Several characteristics of the subjects were identified to differentiate the Anger in and QOL . Age status(F=2.64,p=0.05), education status(F=2.73, p=0.04), Health insurance(t=2.27, p=0.00) and cancer insurance status(t=2.97, p=0.00) was significant factors of the Anger in . Education status(F=2.64 p=0.05), Occupation status(t=2.90, p=0.00), Monthly income (F=3.23 p=0.01), Stage of disease(F=9.23 p=0.00)，Perceived health status(F=73.61 p=0.00), Perceived fatigue status(F= 11.26 p=0.00) was significant factors of the QOL In conclusion, Anger in score was a little low & QOL sore was moderate. The degree of Anger in and quality of life were significantly negative correlated. Therefore, It is needed strategies for intervention of Anger in to improve the QOL in female cancer patients. The significant characteristics of related to anger in & QOL should consider in sociopsychogical nursing intervention.