Influence of Ego-resilience and Social Support on the Depression of Hospital Nurses.
- Author:
An Saeng LEE
;
Chi Keun YOON
;
Jeong Mi LEE
- Publication Type:Original Article
- Keywords:
Ego-resilience;
Social support;
Depression;
Nurse
- MeSH:
Depression;
Surveys and Questionnaires
- From:Korean Journal of Occupational Health Nursing
2012;21(1):46-54
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
PURPOSE: The purpose of this study was to identify the influence of the ego-resilience and social support on the depression among hospital nurses. METHODS: The subjects of this study were 369 nurses in a hospital. We used the self-reported questionnaire to assess the level of ego-resilience, social support and depression of hospital nurses. The data were analyzed using descriptive statistics, frequency, t-test, ANOVA and logistic regression. RESULTS: The mean scores of ego-resilience, social support and depression were 42.6, 28.3 and 14.1, respectively. When scores of ego-resilience and social support were high, the level of mild and major depression of subjects decreased. The influencing factors of depression level were the department of work, ego-resilience and social support. CONCLUSION: The findings suggest that developing programs to improve ego-resilience and social support might be useful. Further study is required to justify the scale on ego-resilience and social support.
