Subjective and objective effects of anxiety and fatigue on social function in patients with enterostomy and their family caregivers.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Many patients with enterostomy and their family caregivers experience severe anxiety and fatigue, which affects their participation in normal social activities and family life, resulting in impaired social function. The purpose of this study was to understand the status of social function of patients with enterostomy and their family caregivers;at the same time to analyze the subjective and objective effects of anxiety and fatigue on their social functions.

Methods

The self-made general information questionnaire, WHO Social Disability rating Scale, Miao Yu's Multidimensional Fatigue Scale-20 and Zung et al. 's Self-rating Anxiety Scale were used to investigate the general situation, social function, fatigue and anxiety of enterostomy patients and their family care

SUBMITTER: Fan Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11548842 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature