1.Evaluation on the effect of marriage quality intervention by the peer education model in patients with breast cancer
Lili YUAN ; Hongbin WANG ; Ying SONG ; Mengqiong KONG ; Dejuan KONG
Practical Oncology Journal 2017;31(4):348-352
Objective The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of marriage quality intervention in peer education model among women with breast cancer.Methods Marginal quality questionnaire was used to assess in the intervention and control groups during the perioperative period.There had 120 breast cancer patients in the intervention group and 135 normal subjects for control group.The patients were followed by the peer education model and the marriage and quality education during the chemotherapy period.The marriage quality questionnaires were carried out one year after the operation.Results Marital satisfaction(38.73±7.45),couples communication(38.12±7.03)and sex life(36.77±6.96)were significantly higher than those of the patients who participated in the traditional health education group after 1 year of operation.The control subjects with traditional health education had lower satisfaction of marital life(32.59±9.29),husband and wife communication(34.41±7.39)and sexual life(32.59±6.59)in one year after surgery(P<0.001).The scores of marital satisfaction,husband and wife communication,and sex scores were significantly lower in patients with traditional health education after 1 year of operation(P<0.001).Conclusion Marriage quality interventions in the peer education model can effectively affect the marital quality of postoperative patients with breast cancer.
2.Study on the relationship between occupational commitment and intent to stay of nurses
Naiman ZHANG ; Wei YAN ; Xin’e ZHONG ; Jiao LIU ; Mengqiong KONG
Chinese Journal of Modern Nursing 2014;20(36):4594-4596
Objective To investigate the nurses ’ occupational commitment and intent to stay in hospitals and to analyze the correlation between them .Methods Totals of 469 subjects in 5 three level of first-class hospitals of Harbin city were obtained by using convenience sampling method .Research instruments used in this study had three parts , including demographic questionnaire , Nurses Occupational Commitment questionnaire and Intent to Stay Scale .Results The average score of nurses ’ occupational commitment was (72.46 ±12.76), and the average score of nurses ’ intent to stay was (14.39 ±3.35).Pearson analysis showed that intent to stay was positively correlated with occupational commitment and its five subscales such as affective commitment, normative commitment, emotional cost, economic cost, and chance commitment ( r =0.528,0.504,0.412,0.337,0.381,0.324, respectively;P<0.01).The predictors of intent to stay of nurses were age , education level and emotional commitment .Conclusions In order to stabilize nursing staff and reduce their turnover intention , administrators should issue and implement some interventions to increase occupational commitment and decrease their perceived job stress .