Maria Farrah, Wahid
(2007)
Kualiti kehidupan penjaga kepada
kanak-kanak berpenyakit asma di
Hospital Universiti Sains Malaysia
(HUSM).
Other.
PPSP, Universiti Sains Malaysia.
(Submitted)
Abstract
Asthma is a chronic inflammatory disease that contributed highly morbidity among
pediatric. Asthma disease burden not only affect the children but also their caregiver's
quality of life especially their parent.
The objective is to measure pediatric asthma caregiver's quality of life that includes
emotional function and activity daily living. This is descriptive research with cross-sectional
design and had been done to pediatric asthma caregiver. Data were collected using
distributed research question to 48 pediatric asthma caregiver which had treatment in
HUSM. Data were analyzed by using descriptive, independent sample-t test and analysis
of varians (ANOVA).
Result of the study showing that pediatric asthma caregiver's quality of life is at
moderate level. Emotional function of 79.2% caregiver is at moderate concern. While
activity limitation for majority of the caregiver is also at moderate limitation. There is no
significant different between demographic factors of the pediatric asthma caregiver and
their quality of life (p>0.05}.
In conclusion, pediatric asthma affects quality of life of their caregiver at the
moderate level. So, researcher hope that health care professional will concern about this
issue and play their role in helping caregiver especially the parent in managing their child
asthma. Proper asthma managing could less asthma morbidity and will increase their
caregiver's quality of life to the great level.
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