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Psychological distress, health-related quality of life and marital relationship among Chinese renal patients receiving continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis in Hong Kong.

Luk, Pik Shan Yvonne. / Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2007. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 134-146). / Abstracts in English and Chinese ; some text in appendix also in Chinese. / Abstract (English version) --- p.ii-iii / Abstract (Chinese version) --- p.iv / Acknowledgement --- p.v / List of Table --- p.vi / Appendices --- p.vii / Chapter 1 --- Introduction --- p.1-5 / Chapter 2 --- Literature Review / Introduction --- p.6-7 / Psychological Distress --- p.7-13 / Health-related Quality of Life --- p.13-25 / Marital Relationship --- p.26-31 / Summary --- p.31-34 / Chapter 3 --- Aims & Methodology / Aims & Objectives --- p.35-37 / Operational Definition --- p.37-38 / Research Design --- p.38-39 / Setting & Sample --- p.39-40 / Instrument / Psychological Distress --- p.41-43 / Health-related Quality of Life --- p.43.44 / Marital Relationship --- p.44-46 / Demographic Data --- p.47 / Data Collection Procedure --- p.4748 / Ethical Consideration --- p.48-50 / Data Analysis --- p.50-51 / Pilot Study --- p.51-52 / Chapter 4 --- Findings / Introduction --- p.53-54 / Sociodemographic Characteristics --- p.54-56 / Psychological Distress --- p.57-58 / Health-related Quality of Life --- p.59-61 / Marital Relationship --- p.62-65 / Normality of the Outcome Variables --- p.65-66 / Relationships between the Study Outcomes and Sociodemographic Data --- p.66-68 / "Relationships between Anxiety, Depression, Health-Related Quality of Life and Marital Relationship" --- p.68-76 / Summary --- p.16-78 / Chapter 5 --- Discussion / Introduction --- p.79 / Socio-demographic and Clinical Characteristics of CAPD patients --- p.79-84 / Psychological Distress of CAPD Patients --- p.84-85 / Components of Psychological Distress: Anxiety --- p.85-86 / Components of Psychological Distress: Depression --- p.86-88 / Gender differences of the Levels of Anxiety and Depression among CAPD Patients --- p.88-89 / Cultural Difference of Anxiety and Depression among CAPD Patients --- p.89-90 / Health-related Quality of Life among CAPD Patients / Health-related Quality of Life of CAPD Patients Affected by Renal Symptoms --- p.90-91 / Health-related Quality of Life of CAPD Patients Affected by the effects of Kidney Disease --- p.91-93 / Health-related Quality of Life of CAPD Patients Affected by the burden of / Having Kidney Disease --- p.93-94 / Health-related Quality of Life of CAPD Patients Affected by the General Physical Health --- p.94-96 / Health-related Quality of Life of CAPD Patients Affected by the General Mental Health --- p.96-97 / Gender differences of the Levels of Health-related Quality of Life among CAPD Patients --- p.97-98 / Cultural Difference of Health-related Quality of Life among CAPD Patients --- p.98-99 / Sexual Issues and Marital Relationship of CAPD Patients / Sexual Issues of CA PD Patients --- p.100-102 / CAPD Patients' Perception of the Marital Relationship --- p.102-104 / Gender Differences in Perception of the Marital Relationship among CAPD Patients --- p.104 / Cultural Difference in Perception of the Marital Relationship among CAPD Patients --- p.105-106 / "Relationships between Participants' Characteristics and Psychological Distress," / HRQoL and Marital Relationship / "Relationships of Income with Anxiety, Depression and General Mental Health" --- p.107-108 / Relationship between Duration of Receiving Dialysis and Health-related Quality of Life --- p.108-109 / Relationship between Occupational Status and General Mental Health --- p.199.110 / "Relationships among Anxiety, Depression, HRQoL and Marital Relationship" / The Relationship between Anxiety and Depression --- p.110-111 / "The Relationship between Anxiety, Depression and HRQoL" --- p.112 / "The Relationship between Anxiety, Depression and Marital Relationship" --- p.112-113 / The Relationships among Domains of Health-related Quality of Life --- p.113-114 / The Relationship between Health-related Quality of Life and Marital Relationship --- p.114-115 / Predictors of Health-related Quality of Life among CAPD Patients / Anxiety and Depression as Predictors of Health-related Quality of Life --- p.116-118 / Marital Relationship as Predictors of Health-related Quality of Life --- p.118-119 / Summary --- p.119-121 / Chapter 6 --- Conclusion / Limitations / Validity of Participants' Responses --- p.122-123 / Generalization of the Study's Findings --- p.123-124 / Psychometric Property of the Chinese Version of KDQOL-36 --- p.124-125 / The Sexual Items ofKDQOL-SF --- p.125 / Appropriateness of Using HADS and Multiple Correlations --- p.126 / Implications of the Study Findings / Implications for nursing knowledge --- p.126-128 / Implications on the Nursing Practice --- p.128-130 / Recommendations for Further Research --- p.130-132 / Conclusion --- p.132-133 / Chapter 7 --- Reference --- p.134-146 / Chapter 8 --- Appendix --- p.147-179

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:cuhk.edu.hk/oai:cuhk-dr:cuhk_326147
Date January 2007
ContributorsLuk, Pik Shan Yvonne., Chinese University of Hong Kong Graduate School. Division of Nursing.
Source SetsThe Chinese University of Hong Kong
LanguageEnglish, Chinese, Chinese
Detected LanguageEnglish
TypeText, bibliography
Formatprint, x, 179 leaves ; 30 cm.
CoverageChina, Hong Kong, China, Hong Kong, China, Hong Kong, China, Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Hong Kong
RightsUse of this resource is governed by the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons “Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International” License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/)

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