Assessment of Patients' Perceived Disease-Specific Quality of Life among In-patients with Enlarged Prostate at Bugando Medical Centre, Mwanza.
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TextPublisher number: Wurzburg Road 35, BMC Premises, Post Code: 33102: P. O. Box 1464, Mwanza – Tanzania: Phone: +255 28 298 3384: Fax: +255 28 298 3386: Email: vc@bugando.ac.tz: www.bugando.ac.tzLanguage: English Language: Kiswahili Publication details: Mwanza, Tanzania: Catholic University of Health and Allied Sciences [CUHAS – Bugando] : ©2022Description: vii; 24 Pages; Includes ReferencesSubject(s): Summary: Abstract:
Objectives of the study: To assess patient’s perceived disease specific quality of life among in-patients with enlarged prostate admitted at BMC.
Methodology: Using systematic random sampling, 113 in-patients with enlarged prostate at BMC, were asked to participate in the study by signing consent forms. Self-administered structured questionnaire containing closed ended questions were used. It was done from the 1st September 2021 to 31st September 2021. Data were analyzed using SPSS version 20; chi-square test and p-value were used for continuous variable. The p-value of 0.05 with 95% confidence interval was employed to measure the power of the study.
Conclusion: The study has shown a poorer Quality of life among in-patients with enlarged prostate. Meanwhile, there has an association between the Quality of life and Age, where, in those men aged sixty years and above and the quality of life is related to the severity of symptoms as the disease tend to advance with age. Nonetheless, other social demographics such as marital status, number of children, and religion were not related to the disease-specific quality of life in these subjects.
| Item type | Current library | Collection | Status | Barcode | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UNDERGRADUATE DISSERTATIONS | MWALIMU NYERERE LEARNING RESOURCES CENTRE-CUHAS BUGANDO | NFIC | 1 | CUHAS/MD/4001593/T/1 |
Abstract:
Objectives of the study: To assess patient’s perceived disease specific quality of life among in-patients with enlarged prostate admitted at BMC.
Methodology: Using systematic random sampling, 113 in-patients with enlarged prostate at BMC, were asked to participate in the study by signing consent forms. Self-administered structured questionnaire containing closed ended questions were used. It was done from the 1st September 2021 to 31st September 2021. Data were analyzed using SPSS version 20; chi-square test and p-value were used for continuous variable. The p-value of 0.05 with 95% confidence interval was employed to measure the power of the study.
Conclusion: The study has shown a poorer Quality of life among in-patients with enlarged prostate. Meanwhile, there has an association between the Quality of life and Age, where, in those men aged sixty years and above and the quality of life is related to the severity of symptoms as the disease tend to advance with age. Nonetheless, other social demographics such as marital status, number of children, and religion were not related to the disease-specific quality of life in these subjects.
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