A Correlational Study on the Knowledge, Stress and Self-care Performance among Tuberculosis Patients
10.5977/jkasne.2019.25.3.366
- Author:
Yun Mi KIM
1
;
Kyung Hee YOO
Author Information
1. Nurse, Soonchunhyang University Cheonan Hospital, Korea.
- Publication Type:Original Article
- Keywords:
Knowledge;
Stress;
Self-care Performance;
Nursing
- MeSH:
Education;
Humans;
Marital Status;
Nursing;
Outpatients;
Self Care;
Tuberculosis
- From:Journal of Korean Academic Society of Nursing Education
2019;25(3):366-377
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
PURPOSE: This study was conducted to analyze the correlations among the knowledge, stress, and self-care performance in tuberculosis patients. METHODS: The participants consisted of 140 outpatients who had been diagnosed with tuberculosis in S University Hospital. Data were derived from self-report questionnaires and analyzed by SPSS 22.0. Statistical analysis included descriptive statistics and Pearson's correlation coefficients analysis. RESULTS: Means of stress and self-care performance were 1.76 and 3.21, respectively. Percentage of correct answer of knowledge about tuberculosis was 71.8. Knowledge about tuberculosis was significantly different according to age (F=21.81, p<.001), marital status (F=13.79, p<.001), education (F=36.63, p<.001), and monthly income (F=16.23, p<.001). Stress was significantly different according to gender (t=3.58, p<.001). Self-care performance was significantly different according to age (F=5.74, p=.004), marital status (F=8.79, p<.001), education (F=9.15, p<.001), monthly income (F=7.87, p=.001), and attendance of tuberculosis education (t=2.34, p=.020). Self-care performance had significant correlation with knowledge about tuberculosis and stress. CONCLUSION: This study suggests that knowledge about tuberculosis and stress had significant correlations with self-care performance. Therefore, the nursing strategies of increasing knowledge about tuberculosis and decreasing stress which improve self-care performance should be developed for tuberculosis patients.
