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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Yang, H C
• Chen, Y C
• Mao, H C
• Lin, K H

Titel

Illness knowledge, social support and self care behavior in adolescents with beta-thalassemia major

Ist Teil von

• Hu li yan jiu = Nursing research, 2001-04, Vol.9 (2), p.114

Ort / Verlag

China (Republic : 1949- )

Erscheinungsjahr

2001

Quelle

MEDLINE

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• The purpose of this study was to explore the relationships among illness knowledge, social support and self-care behavior in adolescents with beta-thalassemia major. The subjects were 58 beta-thalassemia major adolescents recruited from the pediatric hematology outpatient departments of three hospitals in North Taiwan. All data were analyzed by descriptive statistics, one-way ANOVA, t-test, Pearson correlation, and stepwise multiple regression. The results showed that: (1) Scoring in illness knowledge, the best was treatment knowledge, and the worst was the knowledge of complications and symptoms. (2) The result for social support indicated that the family was the major source of support, and that classmates/friends provided the least support for thalassemic adolescents. (3) Scoring in self care behavior, the best was the medical and chelate therapy, and the worst was the management of problems and coping. (4) Individual characteristic differences, including sex, level of education, length of illness, complic