Suchanya Lohachiwa. Relationships among hope, social support and quality of life of the elderly with stroke. Master's Degree(Psychiatric-Mental Health Nursing). Mahidol University. : Mahidol University, 2009-03-31.
Relationships among hope, social support and quality of life of the elderly with stroke
Abstract:
The purpose of the study was to examine the relationships among hope, social support, and quality of life of the elderly with stroke. The conceptual framework of Lazarus and Folkman (1984) was used to guide this study. The sample of this study was selected with purposive sampling method. The sample was composed of 100 elderly people with stroke who came for follow up treatment at the Prasat Neurological Institute outpatient departments, Bangkok during June to September, 2004. The instruments were the demographic characteristics questionnaire, Herth Hope Index, Social Support Questionnaire, and the Quality of Life Measurement. Data were analyzed by using descriptive statistics. The Pearsons product moment correlation was also used for further analysis of data. The findings revealed that hope has a positive correlation with quality of life of the elderly with stroke (r = .725, p < .01) and social support has a positive correlation with quality of life of the elderly with stroke (r = .367, p < .01) Based on these findings, the psychiatric-mental health nurse should encourage the hope of the elderly with stroke and support the families to participate in caring for the elderly with stroke to improve the quality of life.