جامعة الكوت - University of kut - بحوث حسن رزاق کریدي

السنة	عنوان البحث	نشر البحث
	THE QUALITY OF LIFE OF ELDERLY PATIENTS WITH LIVER CIRRHOSIS IN THE OUTPATIENT CLINICS	International Journal of Nursing and Medical Science (IJNMS);2020;9(3);16-36
ABSTRACT: Background: Liver cirrhosis is associated with a multitude of complications that directly impact on quality of life and lead to significant morbidity and mortality among elderly patient Aim: the study aimed to assess the quality of life of elderly patients with liver cirrhosis in the outpatient clinics. Design: Descriptive research design was applied in this study. Sample: A purposive sample was equal 72 elderly patients. Setting: medicine outpatient clinic at El-matareya Teaching Hospital (Cairo, Egypt).Tools: two tools was used, first tool: Structural interviewing questionnaire cover demographic characteristics of studied sample, and Patient knowledge about liver cirrhosis. Second tool: Elderly People’s Quality of Life rating scale used to determine the level of quality of life for patient with liver cirrhosis. Result: The study results revealed that 80.0% of study sample had unsatisfactory knowledge about liver cirrhosis and 71.8% of the study sample had poor quality of life. Conclusion: there was highly significant positive correlation between total knowledge scores and total quality of life scores regarding liver cirrhosis among the studied sample. Recommendation: continuous implementing educational program for patients about liver cirrhosis management. Key words: Quality of Life, Elderly Patients, Liver Cirrhosi