Kanokrat Pimroon. Quality of life and symptom self-management of patients with bipolar disorder . Master's Degree(Psychiatric-Mental Health Nursing). Mahidol University. : Mahidol University, 2007.
Quality of life and symptom self-management of patients with bipolar disorder
Abstract:
This study is descriptive research describing quality of life and symptom selfmanagement
of patients with bipolar disorder. The sample was 100 patients with
bipolar disorder in the partial remission phase. (≤ 10 on the Young Mania Rating Scale
(YMRS), ≤ 11 on the Montgomery Asberg Depression Rating Scale (MADRS)). The
samples were outpatients at Siriraj Hospital and Ramathibodi Hospital. They were
selected by purposive sampling method. The research instrument was an interview
questionnaire consisting of questions concerning demographic information, Short form
36 Health Survey (Ware, 1993) for the measurement of quality of life and The Moller-
Murphy Symptom Management Assessment Tool (Murphy & Moller, 1993) for the
measurement of symptom self-management. Data were analyzed by using percentage,
means and standard deviation.
The results revealed that the two highest mean scores of quality of life were
physical functioning (M=96.70, SD=1.65) and social functioning (M=94.37,
SD=1.02). The two lowest mean scores of quality of life were role-emotional
(M=58.33, SD=1.46) and general health (M=61.81, SD=2.85). The overall frequency
and perceived efficacy of symptom self-management was at a fairly low level. The
strategy of symptom self-management most frequently used was distraction (M=1.73,
SD=.37) and most perceived efficacy was help-seeking (M=2.15, SD=.26).
The results recommended that health care providers in the hospital should be take
the data of quality of life into account when planning holistic care for patients with
bipolar disorder and should encourage symptom self-management in patients with
bipolar disorder.