Trauma, Helplessness, and Quality of Life among Arthritis Patients Moderated by Perceived Social Support

Abstract

The study explores trauma and helplessness to explore quality of life among arthritis patients moderated by perceived social support. It was a cross-sectional study conducted at different hospital communities in district Gujrat. The purposive sampling technique was used to select 385 participants. The instruments used were demographic form, Post-Traumatic stress disorder scale, arthritis helplessness index, world Health 'sQuality of Life scale, and multidimensional Social support scale. For the Analysis of the data, multiple regression and structure equation modeling hasused. The result has confirmed [R²=.676 F (1, 383) = 106.7, p<.01] that trauma, helplessness, and social support was the predictor of Quality of life with 45.7% variance. The .E.M.S.E.M. model has significantly established the relationship among variables. The CMIN/DF was 2.10, a value less than three indicate the best-fitted model..The value of G.F.I., A.G.F.I., and CFI, are 0.957, 0.932, and 0.945, respectivelyThis shows that the Model is best fitted if this value is greater than 0.90. The regression estimates of trauma predicting social support were 0.083(P=.043), and helplessness was 0.229 (P=0.000). It established the fact that a one-unit increase in trauma will lead to an increase in social support by 0.083 and helplessness by 0.229. The regression estimates of Quality of life predicting helplessness -0.003 (P= 0.765), which indicates a non-significant inverse relationship . The regression estimates of Quality of life predicting social support and trauma were 0.052 (P=0.000) and -0.01(P=0.780), respectively. It established the fact that Quality of life determines social support by 0.052, whereas trauma was inversely non-significant.