Effects of Blood Depletion for Psychological State of Illness, Self-Esteem, Physical Symptoms on Life Satisfaction

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to understand the effects of blood depletion for the psychological state of illness, self-esteem, and physical symptoms on life satisfaction. For this study, a questionnaire survey was conducted from September 5th, 2014 to November 30th, 2014 on subjects in Gangbuk region of Seoul who were undergoing blood depletion treatment. The data analysis of the test subjects was performed by using the SPSS 21.0 and the hypotheses were verified using the structural equation. The following are the results: first, psychological state of illness was observed to have a significant effect on the self-esteem factors after the blood depletion treatment; second, the psychological state of illness was observed to influence satisfaction level after the blood depletion treatment; third, the psychological state of illness was observed to have a significant effect on the factors of physical symptoms after the depletion treatment;fourth, the post-depletion satisfaction level was observed to affect the life satisfaction level; and fifth, it was shown that the post-depletion satisfaction factors played the intermediary role. The analysis results of this study are expected to serve as the basic data for the natural therapy research, as they provide the analysis results of the effects of blood depletion for psychological state of illness, self-esteem, and physical symptoms on life satisfaction.