The aim of the study is to verify the mediating effect of life of meaning and post-traumatic growth in spirituality and psychological well-being (happiness, depression).
The research design is cross-sectional correlational study. Convenient sampling will be used to conduct to data collection. There are 300 patients with hemodialysis from a hemodialysis institution in the north Taiwan, and data collecting with self-administrated questionnaires. The instruments include demographic and disease-related information, Spiritual Health Scale short form, Chinese Happiness Inventory, Beck Depression Inventory-II, Life Attitude Profile, Posttraumatic Growth Inventory. The SPSS 22.0 statistical software will be used to analyze the data. Descriptive statistics, such as frequency, percentage, mean, and standard deviation (SD) will be used for participant characteristics and outcome measures. T-test, chi-square, ANOVA, post-hoc, ANCOVA, and Person's correlation will be conducted to test the relationships between the research variables.
Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Enrollment
300
Chang Gung University of Science and Technology
Taoyuan City, N/A = Not Applicable, Taiwan
RECRUITINGThe status of spirituality among HD patients
Self-administrated questionnaire of Spiritual Health Scale short form was used to collect data. The score range is 24 to 120, and the higher score means higher spirituality.
Time frame: 1 day
The status of life-meaning among HD patients
Self-administrated questionnaire of Life Attitude Profile was used to collect data. The score range is 39 to 195, and the higher score means higher level of life-meaning.
Time frame: 1 day
The status of post-trauma growth among HD patients
Self-administrated questionnaire of Posttraumatic Growth Inventory was used to collect data. The score range is 0 to 105, and the higher score means higher level of post-trauma growth.
Time frame: 1 day
The status of depression among HD patients
Self-administrated questionnaire of Beck Depression Inventory-II was used to collect data. The score range is 0 to 63, and the higher score means higher level of depressive tendency.
Time frame: 7 minutes
The status of happiness among HD patients
Self-administrated questionnaire of Chinese Happiness Inventory was used to collect data. The score range is 0 to 30, and the higher score means higher level of happiness.
Time frame: 1 day
The mediating effect of life of meaning and post-traumatic growth
Using these scores form these scales (mention above) to verify the mediating effect of life of meaning and post-traumatic growth in spirituality and psychological well-being (including happiness, depression).
Time frame: 1 day
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