Subjective Lifestyle Image Held by People Who Need Daily Medical Care

-Case Study of People on Dialysis-

Abstract

This paper identifies the subjective lifestyle image, within the context of everyday relationships, held by people requiring daily medical care and reports on the factors that affect this image. Thirty people on dialysis were interviewed as part of a clinical study questionnaire. The results and conclusions of this study show that there are two levels within the subjective lifestyle image of people on dialysis : “relationship receptive lifestyle image” and “relationship developing lifestyle image.” Factors examined for their effect on subjective lifestyle image included “age” and “awareness of stress.”