Ananya Manit
King Narai Hospital, Lop Buri, Thailand
Biography
Dr. Ananya Manit has completed PhD from College of Public Health Sciences, Chulalongkorn University, Thailand. She is the Head of the department of medicine ward, and research and nursing development, King Narai Hospital, Lop Buri, Thailand. Furthermore, I work as system manager of non-communicable disease in Mueang Lop Buri contracting unit of primary care, and NCD committee of Lopburi Provincial Public Health Office, and 4 nd health region.
Abstract
Patients with Chronic diseases have increased in Contracting Unit of Mueang Lop Buri, and most of them are uncontrolled their diseases, therefore, they may be occurred complications such as diabetic retinopathy, foot, chronic kidney disease, and cerebrovascular diseases. A quality of life assessment is of great importance for patients with chronic diseases, because problems caused by specific diseases impact specific areas of their lives. This descriptive research is to study quality of life of patients with chronic diseases (Diabetes, Hypertension, Stroke, and Coronary artrey diseases).
METHODS: The WHOQOL-BREF-THAI instrument is the 26- item abbreviated version of the WHOQOL instrument including 24 items for four domains (physical, psychological, social, and environmental) was implemented to evaluate quality of life of 130 patients with chronic diseases by using random sampling. A statistical data analysis was performed by using descriptive statistics.
RESULTS: The results show that the environmental, and psychological domain were good level (Mean=32.19, S.D=4.09, and Mean=25.23, SD=3.40, respectively), then the physical, and social domain were moderate level (Mean=25.31, S.D=2.80, and Mean=11.48, SD=1.27, respectively). CONCLUSION: All therapeutic and nursing interventions that can contribute to improving quality of life in moderate level domains should be utilized.
