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Acceptance of illness and satisfaction with life among malaria patients in rivers state, Nigeria
BACKGROUND: Health condition is one of the basic factors affecting satisfaction with life, and the level of illness acceptance. The purpose of the study was to analyse the level of illness acceptance, the level of satisfaction with life among malaria patients, and the level of trust placed in the ph...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4045946/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24885562 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1472-6963-14-202 |
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author | Van Damme-Ostapowicz, Katarzyna Krajewska-Kułak, Elżbieta Nwosu, Paul JC Kułak, Wojciech Sobolewski, Marek Olszański, Romuald |
author_facet | Van Damme-Ostapowicz, Katarzyna Krajewska-Kułak, Elżbieta Nwosu, Paul JC Kułak, Wojciech Sobolewski, Marek Olszański, Romuald |
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description | BACKGROUND: Health condition is one of the basic factors affecting satisfaction with life, and the level of illness acceptance. The purpose of the study was to analyse the level of illness acceptance, the level of satisfaction with life among malaria patients, and the level of trust placed in the physician and the nurse. METHODS: The study employs the method of diagnostic survey based on standardised AIS and SWLS scales, as well as Anderson and Dedrick’s PPTS and PNTS scales. RESULTS: The average AIS level was 12 points, while the average level of SwL at the SWLS scale was 16.5 points. The average level of trust in the physician and the nurse amounted to 50.6 points and 51.4 points, respectively. The correlation between the level of illness acceptance and self-evaluated satisfaction with life was statistically significant, with R = 0.56. The marital status influenced the level of illness acceptance with p < 0.05 and the level of satisfaction with life with p < 0.05. The employment status affected the level of satisfaction with life with p < 0.05 and the level of illness acceptance with p < 0.05. CONCLUSIONS: The majority of malaria patients did not accept their illness, while the level of satisfaction with life was low. The majority of respondents trusted their physician and nurse. There is a statistically significant correlation between the level of illness acceptance and the self-evaluated satisfaction with life. The marital status had a statistically significant effect on the acceptance of illness and the satisfaction with life. The individuals who had a job demonstrated higher levels of quality of life and illness acceptance. |
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spelling | pubmed-40459462014-06-20 Acceptance of illness and satisfaction with life among malaria patients in rivers state, Nigeria Van Damme-Ostapowicz, Katarzyna Krajewska-Kułak, Elżbieta Nwosu, Paul JC Kułak, Wojciech Sobolewski, Marek Olszański, Romuald BMC Health Serv Res Research Article BACKGROUND: Health condition is one of the basic factors affecting satisfaction with life, and the level of illness acceptance. The purpose of the study was to analyse the level of illness acceptance, the level of satisfaction with life among malaria patients, and the level of trust placed in the physician and the nurse. METHODS: The study employs the method of diagnostic survey based on standardised AIS and SWLS scales, as well as Anderson and Dedrick’s PPTS and PNTS scales. RESULTS: The average AIS level was 12 points, while the average level of SwL at the SWLS scale was 16.5 points. The average level of trust in the physician and the nurse amounted to 50.6 points and 51.4 points, respectively. The correlation between the level of illness acceptance and self-evaluated satisfaction with life was statistically significant, with R = 0.56. The marital status influenced the level of illness acceptance with p < 0.05 and the level of satisfaction with life with p < 0.05. The employment status affected the level of satisfaction with life with p < 0.05 and the level of illness acceptance with p < 0.05. CONCLUSIONS: The majority of malaria patients did not accept their illness, while the level of satisfaction with life was low. The majority of respondents trusted their physician and nurse. There is a statistically significant correlation between the level of illness acceptance and the self-evaluated satisfaction with life. The marital status had a statistically significant effect on the acceptance of illness and the satisfaction with life. The individuals who had a job demonstrated higher levels of quality of life and illness acceptance. BioMed Central 2014-05-03 /pmc/articles/PMC4045946/ /pubmed/24885562 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1472-6963-14-202 Text en Copyright © 2014 Van Damme-Ostapowicz et al.; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0 This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly credited. |
spellingShingle | Research Article Van Damme-Ostapowicz, Katarzyna Krajewska-Kułak, Elżbieta Nwosu, Paul JC Kułak, Wojciech Sobolewski, Marek Olszański, Romuald Acceptance of illness and satisfaction with life among malaria patients in rivers state, Nigeria |
title | Acceptance of illness and satisfaction with life among malaria patients in rivers state, Nigeria |
title_full | Acceptance of illness and satisfaction with life among malaria patients in rivers state, Nigeria |
title_fullStr | Acceptance of illness and satisfaction with life among malaria patients in rivers state, Nigeria |
title_full_unstemmed | Acceptance of illness and satisfaction with life among malaria patients in rivers state, Nigeria |
title_short | Acceptance of illness and satisfaction with life among malaria patients in rivers state, Nigeria |
title_sort | acceptance of illness and satisfaction with life among malaria patients in rivers state, nigeria |
topic | Research Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4045946/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24885562 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1472-6963-14-202 |
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