A Preliminary study on the effect of family health care program on the quality of life of patients /
Li-Ching B. Liu, Macario F. Reandelar Jr. and Redentor O. Mendoza.
- Fairview, Quezon City: Department of Community and Family Medicine, FEU-NRMF, 2013.
- 13 pages: tables; (in folder)
Includes appendices and bibliographical references.
Abstract: This study aims to compare the Effect of Family health Care Program on the Quality of Life of Patients. This is a cross-sectional study done among index patients who were screened for the Family Health Care Program (FHCP) seen at the FEU-Dr. Nicanor Reyes Medical Foundation, Department of Community and Family Medicine. Participants were grouped into those admitted to the FHCP and those not admitted. Quality of Life (QOL) was measured using a validated questionnaire on Health Related QOL. Overall score of the QOL scale was then dischotomized as 'above 95' indicating a higher QOL and 'below 95' indicating a poor QOL. Data were processed and encoded in MS Excel then exported to SPSS version 17 for data analysis. A reviewer operating characteristics curve was then used to evaluate the best cut-off that separates the families admitted and not admitted. Mean scores and the overall score were compared for those admitted and not admitted using an independent t-test. When the overall score was dichotomized to its cut-off, Chi-square test was used. Level of significance was set at a=0.05. More than half of the non-admitted families had highly functional family APGAR, 56.3%, compared to only 38.9% among the admitted families. Thus, majority of the admitted families were moderately dysfunctional, 61.1%, compared to only 37.5% among the non-admitted families. The overall quality of life score of admitted patients was significantly lower than those not admitted in the Family Health Care Program with mean score of 83.05 and 100.68 respectively, p-Value =0.001. Patients who were not admitted had higher proportion of an over-all score above 95 (75%), compared to those admitted patients, 27.8%, with a p-Value of 0.006. The mean score for each domain of the QOL score were all statistically significant except for material and physical well-being domain, which had a p-value of 0.075. Most non-admitted patients had a better quality of life compared to those who were admitted into the Family Health Care Program.
Research - Department of Community & Family Medicine
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