A STUDY TO ASSESS THE KNOWLEDGE AND QUALITY OF LIFE OF PATIENTS WITH BPH

Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia (BPH) refers to increased size of prostate gland. In India, the incidence of BPH 92.97%. BPH tends to change from benign to malignant. If the client is having BPH, he is at high risk for Prostate Cancer. A descriptive survey approach was used with the purpose of assessing the knowledge and quality of life among patients with BPH. The objectives of the study were to assess knowledge, quality of life and to find relationship between knowledge and quality of life. Total 71 subjects were studied and the results showed that most 44 (62%) of the subjects has average knowledge on BPH. About 44 (62%) of subjects had good quality of life and 27(38%) had poor quality of life. Mean and standard deviation scores in the psychological, physical, social and spiritual domain was 54.83+ 4.48, 24.12 + 2.59, 50.52 + 4.22 and 26.76 + 2.16 respectively. There is no significant relationship between knowledge and quality of life with BPH.