Social Support Associated with Quality of Life in Home Care Patients with Intractable Neurological Disease in Japan

Table 5

Relation with a person who will listen empathically to anxieties or troubles with the use of welfare resources and medical institutions.

	Have no person who will listen		Have person who will listen		P value
	n	%	n	%
Living status
Alone	1	3.8	5	10.9	0.408
With family	25	96.2	41	89.1
Hobby
Not having	17	65.4	18	40.0	0.070
Having	9	34.6	27	60.0
Patient gatherings held by the public health center
Not attending	14	53.8	36	78.3	0.058
Attending	12	46.2	10	21.7
Someone who helps you whenever you are in trouble
Not having	9	34.6	1	2.2	<0.001
Having	17	65.4	45	97.8
Self-help patient group
Not join	18	69.2	40	88.9	0.056
Join	8	30.8	5	11.1
Up-to-date information during medical visits
Not receiving	17	65.4	19	41.3	0.086
Receiving	9	34.6	27	58.7
An easy-to-understand explanation about their diseases
Not receiving	8	30.8	5	10.9	0.054
Receiving	18	69.2	41	89.1
Consultations with medical professionals during medical visits
Not receiving	13	50.0	13	28.3	0.112
Receiving	13	50.0	33	71.7

Data are expressed as frequency (%). P value by chi-square test.