PURPOSE: The purpose of this study was to identify factors affecting clinical nurses' presenteeism. METHODS: A descriptive cross-sectional design was used in which participants completed self-report questionnaires that consisted of measures for nurses' job satisfaction, job stress, professionalism and presenteeism. 267 nurses working in general hospital participated in this study. Logistic regression analysis was used to estimate predictors of the presenteeism in clinical nurses. RESULTS: 250 nurses experienced one or more health problems last one month. The group who experienced presenteeism during the last one year had significant differences in professionalism and perceived productivity. Predictors of sickness presenteeism in clinical nurses included work experience, total health problem and last 1 year absenteeism. Last 1 year absenteeism and total health problem were strongly related to presenteeism in clinical nurses. CONCLUSION: Major findings of this study indicated that in dealing with nurses' presenteeism, not only managing nurses' job stress and job satisfaction but also providing flexible work schedule and increasing staffing level as an organizational approach are necessary to be considered. Further repeated and expanded research is needed to explore the multidimensional aspects of nurses' presenteeism including a broad range of work setting and the influence of Korean nurses' organizational culture on presenteeism.
Absenteeism ; Appointments and Schedules ; Efficiency ; Hospitals, General ; Job Satisfaction ; Logistic Models ; Organizational Culture ; Surveys and Questionnaires

PURPOSE: The purpose of this study was to identify whether the couple perceived breast cancer as a traumatic event, to evaluate the association among posttraumatic growth, dyadic adjustment, and quality of life and to explore the predictors affecting quality of life of the couple. METHODS: A cross-sectional comparative survey design was utilized. Participants were 57 couples recruited from a national cancer center in Korea. Data were analyzed using paired t-test, McNemar test and independent t-test. On the basis of variables found to be significantly associated with quality of life, multiple regression was used to examine the simultaneous influence of multiple predictors. RESULTS: Breast cancers survivors and spouses perceived breast cancer as a traumatic event (43.9% and 24.6%, respectively). The global quality of life was explained by perception as trauma (beta= -19.79) and posttraumatic growth (beta=0.46) in survivors, and perception as trauma (beta= -18.81) and dyadic adjustment (beta=0.53) in spouses. CONCLUSION: Results suggest that future research should use qualitative methods to evaluate why contemplating reasons for cancer contributed to posttraumatic growth, examine other potential predictors of quality of life such as dyadic adjustment and intimacy, and identify links between posttraumatic growth and other psychological outcomes such as distress and well-being, using prospective analyses.
Adaptation, Psychological ; Adult ; Breast Neoplasms/pathology/*psychology ; Cross-Sectional Studies ; Female ; Humans ; Interpersonal Relations ; Male ; Marriage ; Middle Aged ; *Quality of Life ; Questionnaires ; Spouses/*psychology ; Survivors

PURPOSE: The purpose of this study was to construct and test a structural equation model of quality of work life for clinical nurses based on Peterson and Wilson's Culture-Work-Health model (CWHM). METHODS: A structured questionnaire was completed by 523 clinical nurses to analyze the relationships between concepts of CWHM-organizational culture, social support, employee health, organizational health, and quality of work life. Among these conceptual variables of CWHM, employee health was measured by perceived health status, and organizational health was measured by presenteeism. SPSS21.0 and AMOS 21.0 programs were used to analyze the efficiency of the hypothesized model and calculate the direct and indirect effects of factors affecting quality of work life among clinical nurses. RESULTS: The goodness-of-fit statistics of the final modified hypothetical model are as follows: chi2=586.03, chi2/df=4.19, GFI=.89, AGFI=.85, CFI=.91, TLI=.90, NFI=.89, and RMSEA=.08. The results revealed that organizational culture, social support, organizational health, and employee health accounted for 69% of clinical nurses' quality of work life. CONCLUSION: The major findings of this study indicate that it is essential to create a positive organizational culture and provide adequate organizational support to maintain a balance between the health of clinical nurses and the organization. Further repeated and expanded studies are needed to explore the multidimensional aspects of clinical nurses' quality of work life in Korea, including various factors, such as work environment, work stress, and burnout.
Adult ; Female ; Health Status ; Humans ; Male ; *Models, Theoretical ; Nursing Staff, Hospital/*psychology ; Organizational Culture ; Presenteeism ; *Quality of Life ; Social Support ; Surveys and Questionnaires ; Workplace

This study was designed to compare care needs of patients with cancer and family members in inpatient and outpatient settings. The questionnaire was a Likert type 5 point scale with 57 items on four need categories; informational, physical care emotional care and socioeconomic care. There were significant differences between inpatient and outpatient settings. Also, there were significant differences in degree of care need according to gender, religion, marital status, economic status, public insurance status, and the past regimen. In conclusion, emotional needs perceived by patients with cancer and family members were higher than the others. Based upon the result, it is recommended that the research to compare needs between cancer patients who have a same illness and family member are necessary.
Humans ; Inpatients* ; Insurance Coverage ; Marital Status ; Outpatients* ; Surveys and Questionnaires

This study was done to analyze the trends of research on stroke in Korea. to suggest future direction. for research on stroke. This article reviewed 75 nursing research papers on stroke done since 1990 to 2000 by examining them according to the period of publication or presentation. research design, type of subjects, measurement variables. the intervention outcome of experimental research, and theme of qualitative research. The research were as follows: 1. 26 of 75 studies were composed of master thesis and dissertation of graduate school. There were 53 nonexperimental research. 15 experimental research and 7 qualitative studies design. 2. Stroke patients subject' Characteristic were 44 and Family and Spouses of caregiver support were 28 of total studies. 3. Most measurement instruments used for research were translated and redesigned it into Korean that developed by foreigners, and development measurement instruments used Kang's ADL. 4. Family support and Social support was shown the frequently among correlational research. 5. Methodological research were development of an evaluation tool for the quality of nursing care in stroke patients. caregiver support of development of nursing intervention list. and Home care Nursing Intervention protocol. and development of client selection criteria based on the needs of services to be offered. 6. The experimental research of intervention were mostly education nursing intervention. rehabilitation program on functional recovery. support nursing intervention. and applying a home care protocol on the nursing care intervention. 7. Theme of qualitative research were family experience, home care in family experience, soobal expenence, illness experience. hope of Stroke patients and so on. Phenomenologic methodology and Granded Theory was designed of Qualitative research. On the basis of the above finding the following recommendations are made: 1. It's necessary to develop a reliable and variable measurement tool for stroke patients and family care of stroke patients. 2. It's necessary to study the comparison of Nursing Studies of stroke research abroad, the replication to establish the effect of nursing intervention stroke patients and family care of stroke patients.
Activities of Daily Living ; Caregivers ; Education ; Emigrants and Immigrants ; Home Care Services ; Hope ; Humans ; Korea* ; Nursing Care ; Nursing Research ; Nursing* ; Patient Selection ; Publications ; Qualitative Research ; Rehabilitation ; Research Design ; Spouses ; Stroke*

PURPOSE: The aim of this study was to identify awareness and competency for Multi-Drug Resistant Organisms (MDRO) infection control in nursing students with experience of clinical practice.METHODS: This cross-sectional descriptive study was conducted from March 2019 to May 2019 by including 231 nursing students in four nursing schools located in Seoul, Gyeonggi-do and Chungcheongnam-do. The data were collected using self-report questionnaires.RESULTS: The awareness and the competency for Carbapenem-Resistant Enterobacteriaceae (CRE) infection control were lower than that of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA). The agreement between the awareness and the competency of MDRO infection control in participants was low with regard to isolation, contact precautions, and disinfection for MRSA. Also, it was low with respect to disinfection, isolation, contact precautions, and carrier identification for CRE. The awareness and the competency of MDRO infection control exhibited significant positive correlation.CONCLUSION: The infection control competency is required to prevent MDRO infection. In order to enhance the infection control competency, it is important to raise awareness about MDRO infection control by providing education based on the guidelines and the principles of infection control.
Chungcheongnam-do ; Disinfection ; Education ; Enterobacteriaceae ; Gyeonggi-do ; Humans ; Infection Control ; Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus ; Nursing ; Schools, Nursing ; Seoul ; Students, Nursing

PURPOSE: The purpose of this study is to verify the validity and reliability of the the Inner Strength Questionnaire-Korean version (ISQ-K). METHODS: The questionnaire was provided to breast cancer survivors in two Cancer centers in Gyeonggi, Korea and 167 surveys were analyzed. Data were analyzed by CVI for contents validity, confirmative factor analysis for construct validity and correlation for criteria validity. Test-retest analysis and Cronbach's α was calculated for reliability. RESULTS: Content validity was excellent. Confirmative factor analysis was performed on 4 factors based on the original structures and the goodness-of-fit was as followed: χ2=784.01, df=318, RMSEA=.09, TLI=.78, CFI=.72, GFI=.72. Standard errors of variance ranged from 0.06 to 0.15. Inner strength was correlated positively with resilience (r=.47, p<.001). Test-retest reliability was 0.90 and internal consistency was indicated by Cronbach alphas of 0.85 for inner strength. CONCLUSION: We conclude that the ISQ-K would be a valuable tool in evaluating inner strength among breast cancer survivors.
Breast Neoplasms ; Gyeonggi-do ; Humans ; Korea ; Psychometrics* ; Quality of Life ; Reproducibility of Results ; Survivors

PURPOSE: The purpose of this study was conducted to identify the impact of Symptom Severity and Symptom Interference on Sleep Disturbance among cancer patients. METHODS: This study was conducted from October 8th to October 25th, 2012. One hundred eight cancer patients were recruited from S city in Korea. The instruments used in this study were the Symptom Severity, Symptom Interference and the Sleep Disturbance scales for patients with cancer. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics, t-test, ANOVA, Pearson correlation coefficients and multiple regression with the SPSS/WIN 20.0 program. RESULTS: The Sleep Disturbance for cancer patients showed a significant relationship with Symptom Interference and cancer stage. The significant factors influencing Sleep Disturbance were Symptom Severity and Symptom Interference. They explained 40.5% of the variance in stage IV. CONCLUSION: Patients with cancer experienced Symptom Severity and Symptom Interference which led to a negative effect on Sleep Disturbance. The results suggest that intervention programs to reduce Symptom Severity, Symptom Interference could improve Sleep Disturbance for cancer patients.
Humans ; Korea ; Sleep Wake Disorders ; Weights and Measures

PURPOSE: To describe the performance in the health-promoting lifestyle and to identify the major factors affecting the health-promoting relationships between self care behaviors and health promoting lifestyle profile in patients with pulmonary tuberculosis. METHOD: A convenience sample for this study was 172 pulmonary tuberculosis patients who have taken TB medications in urban city. The HPLP-ll was selected to measure the concept of health- promoting lifestyle because of the number of research studies conducted using both the original HPLP and the revised HPLP-ll. The statistical methods used in this study were t-test, ANOVA, Pearson correlations, and multiple regression. RESULT: The differences of the HPLP-ll were found to have a significance of age, marital status, education level, and health service center. The level of self care behaviors was related positively to the level of health promoting lifestyle and their subcategories. Based on stepwise multiple regression analysis, the model that predicted factors included self care behaviors, age, health service center and education. CONCLUSION: After decades of decreasing rates, TB has reemerged as a serious national problem in Korea. The careful clinical management and more national concern of TB may help to improve the outcomes of many patients. The findings of this study suggest that TB patients who are more fulfilled in health-promoting lifestyles and self-care behaviors may be able to make better decisions regarding positive health-promoting behaviors.
Education ; Health Services ; Health Status ; Humans ; Korea ; Life Style* ; Marital Status ; Self Care ; Tuberculosis, Pulmonary*

PURPOSE: The purpose of this study was to explore educational needs for sexual health, to identify relations among educational needs for sexual health, depression and quality of life, and to identify the factors affecting quality of life in patients with prostate cancer aged > 40 years. METHODS: A sample of 78 patients was recruited from a university hospital in Seoul. A cross-sectional design was used in which participants completed the questionnaires to assess educational needs for sexual health, depression and quality of life. The data were analyzed using the t-test, ANOVA, correlation analysis and stepwise regression analysis. RESULTS: The quality of life of participants differed significantly by occupation status before and after diagnosis, stage at diagnosis, underlying disease, performance status, and in the Gleason sum score. Stepwise regression analysis of the data showed that depression, sexual interaction, Gleason sum score, and occupation since diagnosis were the statistically significant factors associated with quality of life of patients with prostate cancer. This regression model explained 55.1% of the quality of life. CONCLUSION: These results indicate that depression and sexual interaction had the greatest impact on quality of life in prostate cancer patients. In clinical practice, we recommend that healthcare professionals take the initiative to provide adequate and accurate information about sexual health to prostate cancer survivors.
Delivery of Health Care ; Depression* ; Diagnosis ; Humans ; Needs Assessment ; Occupations ; Prostate* ; Prostatic Neoplasms* ; Quality of Life* ; Reproductive Health* ; Seoul ; Survivors