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Psychological Well-being, Perceived Health Status, and Health Promoting Behavior of Clinical Nurses

Journal of Korean Academy of Nursing Administration 2013;19(5):589-598.
Published online: December 31, 2013

Graduate School of Clinical Nursing Science, Sungkyunkwan University, Korea.

Corresponding author: Choi, Yune-Jung. Graduate School of Clinical Nursing Science, Sungkyunkwan University, 25-2 Sungkyunkwan-ro, Jongno-gu, Seoul 110-745, Korea. Tel: +82-2-2148-7417, Fax: +82-2-2148-7848, gretchen@empas.com
• Received: August 7, 2013   • Revised: September 8, 2013   • Accepted: October 17, 2013

Copyright © 2013 Korean Academy of Nursing Administration

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  • Purpose
    This study was designed to assess the degree of psychological well-being, perceived health status, and health promoting behavior of clinical nurses, and to identify correlations between variables.
  • Methods
    Participants were 194 nurses working at S hospital, Seoul and data were analyzed using descriptive statistics, ANOVA, Duncan's test, Pearson correlation coefficient, and multiple regressions.
  • Results
    Mean scores were 3.45 (5 point scale) for psychological well-being, 2.82(4 point scale) for perceived health status, and 2.30(4 point scale) for health promoting behavior. Psychological well-being correlated positively with perceived health status (r=.34, p<.001). Perceived health status showed a positive correlation with health promoting behavior (r=.30, p<.001). There was a positive correlation between psychological well-being and health promoting behavior (r=.52, p<.001). Personal growth(t=2.85, p=.005), purpose in life (t=2.30, p=.023) among subscales of psychological well-being, and perceived health status (t=2.13, p=.034) had a significant influence on health promoting behavior. These combinations explained 32.1% of health promoting behavior (F=12.58, p<.001).
  • Conclusion
    The results of this study suggest strategies to improve health promoting behavior by enhancing psychological well-being of nurses. Furthermore, a study to identify the effects of developed and applied psychological well-being promotion program should be conducted.

This article is a condensed form of the first author's master's thesis from Sungkyunkwan University.

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Table 1
Degree of Psychological Well-being, Perceived Health Status, and Health Promoting Behavior (N=194)
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Table 2
Differences in Psychological Well-being, Perceived Health Status, and Health Promoting Behavior by General Characteristics of Participants (N=194)
jkana-19-589-i002.jpg

Duncan test.

Table 3
Difference of Psychological Well-being, Perceived Health Status, and Health Promoting Behavior by Health related Characteristics of Participants (N=194)
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Duncan test.

Table 4
Correlation among Well-being, Perceived Health Status, and Health Promoting Behavior (N=194)
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PHS=Perceived health status; X1=Psychological well-being; X2=Positive relations with others; X3=Self-acceptance; X4=Environmental mastery; X5=Autonomy; X6=Personal growth; X7=Purpose in life; X8=Perceived health status; X9=Health promoting behavior; X10=Health responsibility; X11=Physical activity; X12=Nutrition; X13=Interpersonal relations; X14=Spiritual growth; X15=Stress management.

*p<.05; **p<.01; ***p<.001.

Table 5
Correlation among Well-being, Perceived Health Status, and Health Promoting Behavior (N=194)
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    Psychological Well-being, Perceived Health Status, and Health Promoting Behavior of Clinical Nurses

    Degree of Psychological Well-being, Perceived Health Status, and Health Promoting Behavior (N=194)

    Differences in Psychological Well-being, Perceived Health Status, and Health Promoting Behavior by General Characteristics of Participants (N=194)

    Duncan test.

    Difference of Psychological Well-being, Perceived Health Status, and Health Promoting Behavior by Health related Characteristics of Participants (N=194)

    Duncan test.

    Correlation among Well-being, Perceived Health Status, and Health Promoting Behavior (N=194)

    PHS=Perceived health status; X1=Psychological well-being; X2=Positive relations with others; X3=Self-acceptance; X4=Environmental mastery; X5=Autonomy; X6=Personal growth; X7=Purpose in life; X8=Perceived health status; X9=Health promoting behavior; X10=Health responsibility; X11=Physical activity; X12=Nutrition; X13=Interpersonal relations; X14=Spiritual growth; X15=Stress management.

    *p<.05; **p<.01; ***p<.001.

    Correlation among Well-being, Perceived Health Status, and Health Promoting Behavior (N=194)

    Table 1 Degree of Psychological Well-being, Perceived Health Status, and Health Promoting Behavior (N=194)

    Table 2 Differences in Psychological Well-being, Perceived Health Status, and Health Promoting Behavior by General Characteristics of Participants (N=194)

    Duncan test.

    Table 3 Difference of Psychological Well-being, Perceived Health Status, and Health Promoting Behavior by Health related Characteristics of Participants (N=194)

    Duncan test.

    Table 4 Correlation among Well-being, Perceived Health Status, and Health Promoting Behavior (N=194)

    PHS=Perceived health status; X1=Psychological well-being; X2=Positive relations with others; X3=Self-acceptance; X4=Environmental mastery; X5=Autonomy; X6=Personal growth; X7=Purpose in life; X8=Perceived health status; X9=Health promoting behavior; X10=Health responsibility; X11=Physical activity; X12=Nutrition; X13=Interpersonal relations; X14=Spiritual growth; X15=Stress management.

    *p<.05; **p<.01; ***p<.001.

    Table 5 Correlation among Well-being, Perceived Health Status, and Health Promoting Behavior (N=194)

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