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Psycho-Social Well-being, Health Perception and Behavior among Clinical Nurses

Jeong-Hee Kim1, Mi Yeul Hyun2, Young Soon Kim3, Jung Sil Kim4, Sang Ok Nam5, Man Sook Song6, Jung Wha Lee7, Na Ju Lee8
Journal of Korean Academy of Nursing Administration 2010;16(1):26-36.
Published online: March 31, 2010

1Associate Professor, Department of Nursing, College of Medicine, JeJu National University, Korea.

2Assistant Professor, Department of Nursing, College of Medicine, JeJu National University, Korea.

3President, Jeju Chapter, Hospital Nurses Association, Korea.

4Chair, Department of Nursing Jeju Halla General Hospital, Korea.

5President, Jeju Chapter, Korean Nurses Association, Korea.

6Director, Department of Hospital Management, Jeju Hanmaum General Hospital, Korea.

7Chair, Department of Nursing, Jeju Hanmaum General Hospital, Korea.

8Chair, Department of Nursing, Jeju National University Hospital, Korea.

Correspondence: Kim, Jeong-Hee. Department of Nursing, College of Medicine, JeJu National University, 1 Ara 1-dong, Jeju-City, Jeju-Do 690-756, Korea. Tel: 82-64-754-3884/3880, Fax: 82-64-702-2686, snukjh@jejunu.ac.kr
• Received: January 13, 2010   • Revised: February 3, 2010   • Accepted: March 17, 2010

Copyright © 2010 Korean Academy of Nursing Administration

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  • Purpose
    The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationships among psycho-social well-being, and health perception and behavior in clinical nurses.
  • Methods
    The data were collected from 362 nurses employed at five general hospitals. A self-reported questionnaire was used to assess demographics and job characteristics, health perception and behavior, depression, and psycho-social stress. The data were analysed using Cronbach's alpha, descriptive statistics, t-test, and ANOVA.
  • Results
    While nurses perceived themselves to be in good health, represented by a high mean for health perceptions, actual health behavior was poor as the mean for health behavior was low. Forty two percents of the subjects were categorized as having major depression and high-stress levels. There were statistically significant differences in psycho-social well-being according to age, marital status, years of employment, and monthly salary. Also, there were significant differences in psycho-social well-being according to health perception, regular meals and exercise, sufficient sleep, job related injury and accident, and absences for ill.
  • Conclusion
    In order to prevent depression and improve psycho-social well-being among clinical nurses, organizational support and health management needs to be focused on high-risk nurses. Furthermore, it is essential to consider the health perception and behavior of clinical nurses.
  • Key Words: Nurses; Mental health; Depression; Health status; Health behavior
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Table 1
General and job characteristans of nursara (N=362)
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Table 2
Distribution of nurses' health perception and behavior (N=362)
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Multiple responses; +Patient disturbance, needle injury; aIncluding one obesity; bAbscence; cLateness, early get-off

Table 3
Means of psycho-social well-being: psycho-social stress and depression (N=362)
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Table 4
Psycho-social well-being: psycho-social stress and depression by demographics and job characteristics (N=362)
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PWI-SF: Psychosocial stress; CES-D: depression

Table 5
Psycho-social well-being; psycho-social stress and depression by health perception and behavior (N=362)
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*in the past 12months; a,b: Scheffe test

PWI-SF: Psycho-social stress; CES-D: depression

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    Psycho-Social Well-being, Health Perception and Behavior among Clinical Nurses
    Psycho-Social Well-being, Health Perception and Behavior among Clinical Nurses

    General and job characteristans of nursara (N=362)

    Distribution of nurses' health perception and behavior (N=362)

    Multiple responses; +Patient disturbance, needle injury; aIncluding one obesity; bAbscence; cLateness, early get-off

    Means of psycho-social well-being: psycho-social stress and depression (N=362)

    Psycho-social well-being: psycho-social stress and depression by demographics and job characteristics (N=362)

    PWI-SF: Psychosocial stress; CES-D: depression

    Psycho-social well-being; psycho-social stress and depression by health perception and behavior (N=362)

    *in the past 12months; a,b: Scheffe test

    PWI-SF: Psycho-social stress; CES-D: depression
    Table 1 General and job characteristans of nursara (N=362)

    Table 2 Distribution of nurses' health perception and behavior (N=362)

    Multiple responses; +Patient disturbance, needle injury; aIncluding one obesity; bAbscence; cLateness, early get-off

    Table 3 Means of psycho-social well-being: psycho-social stress and depression (N=362)

    Table 4 Psycho-social well-being: psycho-social stress and depression by demographics and job characteristics (N=362)

    PWI-SF: Psychosocial stress; CES-D: depression

    Table 5 Psycho-social well-being; psycho-social stress and depression by health perception and behavior (N=362)

    *in the past 12months; a,b: Scheffe test

    PWI-SF: Psycho-social stress; CES-D: depression

    Table 1

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