Association of quality of life with self-care agency and difficulties in daily life in the knee osteoarthritis patients

本研究的目的是开发一种工具来评估膝关节骨关节炎患者的自我护理能力和日常生活困难，并调查影响日常生活困难和自我护理能力的因素。此外，设计了膝关节OA患者的自我管理程序。我们开发了一个可靠和有效的量表，用于测量膝关节骨关节炎患者在日常生活中所经历的自我护理机构和困难。结果显示，生活困难的病人幸福感较低，自我照顾能力高的病人生活质量较高。

The aim of this study was to develop an instrument to assess self-care agency and difficulties in daily life experienced by patients with osteoarthritis of the knee and to investigate factors influencing difficulties in daily life and self-care agency. Furthermore, the self-management program for knee OA patients was devised. We developed a reliable and valid scale for the measurement of self-care agency and difficulties in the daily life experienced by patients with osteoarthritis of the knee. The findings indicated that the patients with difficulties had lower well-being and the patients with higher self-care agency had higher QOL.