| Summary: | 碩士 === 國立臺北護理健康大學 === 護理研究所 === 103 === The aims of the study were to examine the relationships of stigma, empowerment, living functioning and quality of life among community-dwelling schizophrenia patients. A total of 100 patients recruited from day hospital, occupational workshop, and outpatient service of the psychiatric center of Taipei City. Structure questionnaires were used, which included the internalized stigma of mental illness scale, Rogers’ empowerment scale, community living skills scale and Lancashire quality of life profile, to collected data. In addition, descriptive, differentiation, correlation and hierarchical regression analysis were used to analysis data.
The major findings of this study shown that: (1) After controlling for the variables of marital status and religious type, the variables of stigma and empowerment can explain 39% variance of quality of life (F(4, 95)=16.64, p<0.001); moreover, empowerment can totally mediated the adverse effects of stigma on quality of life. (2) After controlling for the variables of marital status and religious type, the variables of stigma and living functioning can explain 40% variance of quality of life (F(4, 95)=17.56, p<0.001) ; in addition, living functioning can mediated the adverse effects of stigma on quality of life.
Based on such findings, the study suggested that empower schizophrenia patients’ abilities of self-esteem, self-efficacy, autonomy, control over the future, and righteous anger and community living skills, can substantially mediated the stigma impact to patients’ living functioning and quality of life.
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