QUALITY OF LIFE OF THE ELDERLY WITH CHRONIC LEUKEMIA

Cilj: Ispitati i utvrditi prisutnost poteškoća i kvalitetu života pacijenata s kroničnom leukemijom s obzirom na spol, bračni status i starosnu dob pacijenta. Nacrt studije: Presječna studija. Ispitanici i metode: Za potrebe istraživanja proveden je anketni upitnik među 44 pacijenta koji su članovi Udruge leukemije i limfomi u Splitu u razdoblju od 15.06.2021. do 14.08.2021. godine. Ispitanici su anketirani preko anketnog upitnika koji se proveo pismeno, zaokruživanjem jednog od ponuđenih odgovora. Rezultati: U provedenom istraživanju sudjelovalo je 44 ispitanika, od kojih su 58,82 % muškarci i 41,18 % žene. Za većinu ispitanika postoji statistički značajna povezanost u prisutnosti poteškoća i kvaliteti života s obzirom na starosnu dob. Zaključak: Hipoteza H1 kojom se pretpostavlja da postoji statistički značajna razlika u prisutnosti poteškoća i kvaliteti života s obzirom na spol pacijenata prihvaća se kao istinita za prisutnost poteškoća. Hipoteza H2 kojom se pretpostavlja da postoji statistički značajna razlika u prisutnosti poteškoća i kvaliteti života s obzirom na bračni status odbacuje se kao neistinita i H3 kojom se pretpostavlja da postoji statistički značajna povezanost u prisutnosti poteškoća i kvaliteti života sa starosnom dobi prihvaća se kao istinita za prisutnost poteškoća.Objective: To examine and determine the presence of difficulties and quality of life of patients with chronic leukemia regarding gender, marital status and age of the patient. Study design: Cross-sectional study. Subjects and methods: For the purposes of the research, a survey questionnaire was conducted among 44 patients who are members of the Association of Leukemia and Lymphoma in Split in the period from 06/15/2021. to 08/14/2021. Respondents were interviewed through a written questionnaire, rounding off one of the offered answers. Results: 44 respondents participated in the study, of which 58.82% were men and 41.18% women. For most respondents, there is a statistically significant association in the presence of difficulties and quality of life with respect to age. Conclusion: Hypothesis H1, which assumes that there is a statistically significant difference in the presence of difficulties and quality of life with regard to the sex of patients, is accepted as true for the presence of difficulties. Hypothesis H2 which assumes that there is a statistically significant difference in the presence of difficulties and quality of life with regard to marital status is rejected as untrue and H3 which assumes that there is a statistically significant relationship in the presence of difficulties and quality of life with age is accepted as true for the presence difficulty