Date Approved
1999
Graduate Degree Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Nursing (M.S.N.)
Degree Program
College of Nursing
Abstract
The purpose of this study was to determine if terminally ill patients experience a change in perceived quality of life between admission to a hospice program and after having been in the hospice program for three weeks.
A repeated measures design with a convenience sample was used The sample consisted of 56 subjects who completed the Missoula-Vitas Quality of Life Index (MVQOLI). Twenty completed the second MVQOLL Data were obtained from the scores of this self-assessment tool. Data analysis included a comparison of the relationship of the first and repeated scores. No significant differences were found between the MVQOLI scores from Time 1 to Time 2.
The individual dimensions of Quality of Life (Symptom, Functional, Interpersonal, Well-Being, and Transcendence) were analyzed using the paired T-test, Chi-square and the Wilcoxon matched-pairs test A statistically significant improvement was demonstrated in the individual dimension of Transcendence.
ScholarWorks Citation
Brush, Sidney S., "Quality of Life in the Hospice Patient" (1999). Masters Theses. 506.
https://scholarworks.gvsu.edu/theses/506
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