[Factors influencing health-related quality of life in patients with benign prostatic hyperplasia].
OBJECTIVE
This study was done to examine the relationship of low urinary tract symptoms (LUTS), depression, sexual function, and health-related quality of life (HRQoL), and to identify factors influencing HRQoL in patients with benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) living in the community.


METHODS
A total of 218 patients with BPH were recruited into the study. The data were collected by personal interviews using questionnaires and were analyzed with SPSS (version 17.0) computer program, and included descriptive statistics, one-way ANOVA, Pearson's correlation coefficient, and stepwise multiple regression analysis.


RESULTS
The relationship between HRQoL and LUTS with depression had a significant negative correlation, whereas the relationship between HRQoL and sexual function had a significant positive correlation. Depression, age, LUTS, number of chronic disease, and excercise were found to be significant predictors (35.6%) of the Physical Component Summary of HRQoL. Depression, stress, smoking, LUTS, and sexual function were found to be significant predictors (48.2%) of the Mental Component Summary of HRQoL.


CONCLUSIONS
To improve HRQoL of patients with BPH, nurses should focus on the factors identified in this study when doing nursing assessments, and should develop nursing intervention programs for BPH prevention and symptoms management in primary care settings.
Kim
Jeong Sun
JS
College of Nursing, Chonnam National University, Gwangju, Korea. kjs0114@jnu.ac.kr
Moon
Vit Na
VN
D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002908:Chronic Disease; D003863:Depression; D015444:Exercise; D006801:Humans; D007407:Interviews as Topic; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011470:Prostatic Hyperplasia / Q000523:psychology*; D011788:Quality of Life; D012735:Sexual Dysfunction, Physiological; D012907:Smoking; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014553:Urinary Tract Physiological Phenomena