PURPOSE: The local public hospitals in Korea are regarded as institutions that must consider the provision of good quality public health services, as well as profitability. Therefore it is important to improve nursing services to produce positive change in local public hospitals. This study was done to examine the relationships between self efficacy, organizational commitment, customer orientation and nursing performance for nurses in local public hospitals. METHODS: For this study, 5 of 34 institutions were selected through random sampling: and 134 nurses working in local public hospitals were selected. Data were collected from March 28 to April 8, 2016 using self-report questionnaires. Collected data were analyzed using independent t-test, one-way ANOVA, Scheffé test, Pearson correlation coefficient and multiple regression with SPSS/WIN 18.0. RESULTS: The major findings are summarized as follows: (1) There were significant positive correlations between self efficacy, organizational commitment, customer orientation, and nursing performance. (2) The factors affecting nursing performance were self efficacy, organizational commitment, and customer orientation, in that order, and these variables explained 57% of nursing performance. CONCLUSION: Administrators in local public hospitals should use the results of this study to develop a strategy for improving nursing performance.
Administrative Personnel ; Hospitals, Public* ; Humans ; Korea ; Nursing Services ; Nursing* ; Public Health ; Self Efficacy*

PURPOSE: The aim of this study was to investigate factors affecting suicidal ideation in elders who lived in their own home. METHODS: A correlative research design was used. Survey was conducted in Jeonbuk province in Korea. Data were collected from July 1 to 30, 2013. Descriptive statistics, Pearson correlation coefficients, and multiple regressions with SPSS 18.0 program were used for data analysis. RESULTS: The major findings are summarized as follows: (1) Meaning in life had a positive relation to gratitude and a negative relation to depression and suicidal ideation. Gratitude had a negative relation to depression and suicidal ideation. Depression had a significantly positive relation to suicidal ideation. (2) The significant factors affecting suicidal ideation were depression, residential area, subjective economic level, and subjective health status which together explained 36% of the variance. The results indicate that depression was a significant factor associated with suicidal ideation among elders. CONCLUSION: In order to decrease suicidal ideation among elders, active intervention for depression is needed. Nurses should consider individual conditions of the client - residential area, subjective economic level, and subjective health status. Also nurses should consider mental, as well as physical health when caring for elders.
Depression ; Jeollabuk-do ; Korea ; Research Design ; Statistics as Topic ; Suicidal Ideation*

PURPOSE: In Korea, people in the baby-boom generation are now experiencing the aging phenomenon and they differ significantly from previous generations with social and historical experience as well as population size. The purpose of this study was to clarify the relationships between death anxiety, death preparation, gratitude and the degree of quality of life in baby-boom generation women. METHODS: For the study 144 participants who lived in Jeonbuk area were enrolled. A questionnaire survey method including several tools was used. Data were collected from February 23 to March 20, 2016 and analyzed using descriptive statistical analysis, ANOVA, Pearson correlation with SPSS/WIN 18.0. RESULTS: The major findings are summarized as follows: (1) Scores for death anxiety, death preparation, gratitude and the quality of life were average. (2) There was significant negative correlation between gratitude and death anxiety. Gratitude had significantly positive relations to death preparation and quality of life. CONCLUSION: The findings show that gratitude is the most important factor in baby-boom generation women, suggesting that further study to verify impact factors is needed, and intervention program which provide for successful later years for baby-boom generation women should be developed.
Aging ; Anxiety* ; Family Characteristics ; Female ; Humans ; Jeollabuk-do ; Korea ; Population Density ; Quality of Life* ; Surveys and Questionnaires

PURPOSE: The purpose of this study was to investigate relations among lifestyle, depression and health-related quality of life (HRQoL) of adult women in the Jeju Province. METHODS: This study sampled 154 women aged 20 or older through convenience sampling and surveyed them from January to February, 2008. RESULTS: The mean score for lifestyle was 3.7, for depression 12.1, and for HRQoL 75.2. There were significant negative correlations between lifestyle and depression, and between depression and HRQoL. There was a significant positive correlation between lifestyle and HRQoL. CONCLUSION: The results indicate that HRQoL of women is associated with lifestyle and depression. When developing programs to enhance health in women, consideration should be given to lifestyle and depression.
Adult ; Depression* ; Female ; Humans ; Life Style* ; Quality of Life*

Objectives: The Primary Care Network (PCN), comprising small private General Practitioner (GP) clinics supported by a mobile team of dedicated nursing and allied health professionals, as well as a chronic disease register (CDR), can be an alternative model for good chronic disease management. GPs in the network manage the mobile team, set common goals for each clinic and self-evaluate. In this paper we share the data and experience of the first year of the pilot PCN in Singapore. Methodology: Process indicators for diabetic patients seen from April 2011 to March 2012 (pre-PCN) and April 2012 to March 2013 were compared. McNemar test was performed. Results: There was statistically significant improvement in process indicators of yearly DRP, DFS and Urine ACR screening for diabetes in the first year post-PCN compared to baseline data. Rates of regular HbA1c and LDL-C testing, as well as smoking blood pressure and weight assessment also showed statistically significant improvement. Conclusion: The PCN has shown promise in improving quality of care for diabetes among small private GP clinics. Key challenges to the success of PCN include good clinician leadership, suitable IT support, and creating a viable business model for GPs.

Purpose: This is a descriptive research that aims to identify the effects of clinical nurses' gratitude disposition, social support, and occupational stress on grit and provide basic data for the development of future grit promotion among clinical nurses. Methods: The study participants were 164 nurses who had worked at three general hospitals in Jeollabuk-do, and data were collected using a structured questionnaire from May 2022 to June 2022. For data analysis, descriptive statistics, independent t-test, ANOVA, Pearson's correlation coefficient, and multiple regression analysis were conducted using SPSS 23.0. Results: The average grit score was 42.26±5.48. Grit showed a positive correlation with gratitude disposition and social support and a negative correlation with occupational stress. The factors influencing grit were gratitude disposition, clinical experience of 12~60 months, and occupational stress; social support did not have any effect on grit. The explanatory power was 25.0%. Conclusion Results confirmed that the higher the gratitude disposition among clinical nurses, the higher the grit; and the lower the occupational stress, the higher the grit. In order to increase grit among clinical nurses, measures at the nursing organization level, including training and programs that can strengthen gratitude disposition and reduce occupational stress, are needed.

Background: Since nursing performance is related to the organizational performance of hospitals, this study was attempted to determine the effects of general characteristics, clinical nursing character, and self-efficacy of nurses working in hospitals on nursing performance. Methods: The subjects were 150 nurses working in 3 general hospitals. Data collected through self-report questionnaires from January 4 to 18, 2021, were used. Data were analyzed using SPSS 23.0, and hierarchical regression analysis was performed to identify factors affecting nursing performance. Results: In the final model, the experience of the nurse’s current unit, clinical nursing character, and self-efficacy were found to be influencing factors on nursing performance. The explanatory power of the whole model was 53.6%. Conclusion Hospital administrators should carefully consider changing departments so that nurses can gain sufficient experience in the unit. In addition, it is necessary to develop and apply a program to strengthen clinical nursing character and enhance self-efficacy.

INTRODUCTIONWe aimed to evaluate if sociodemographic factors influenced the effectiveness of public education programmes in Singapore.

MATERIALS AND METHODSData were extracted from 2 independent cross-sectional studies that assessed the effectiveness of diabetes and HIV/ AIDS public health education programmes. The influence of sociodemographic factors including age, gender, ethnicity and years of education on diabetes and HIV/AIDS knowledge scores (surrogate marker for programme effectiveness) were assessed using separate univariable and multiple linear regression models for each outcome variable.

RESULTSA total of 1321 subjects [46% male, mean (SD) age: 33.9 (13.44) years] participated in the diabetes study while 400 subjects [44% male, mean (SD) age: 33.9 (13.44) years] participated in the HIV/AIDS study. In univariable analyses, age, years of education and ethnicity influenced both diabetes and HIV/ AIDS knowledge scores. However, in multiple linear regression analyses, only age and years of education influenced both diabetes and HIV/AIDS knowledge scores.

CONCLUSIONWe found that age and years of education influenced the effectiveness of public health education, suggesting that there is a need to tailor public health education programmes to meet the needs of younger subjects and those with fewer years of education. That knowledge scores were similar between male and female subjects was surprising but could potentially be explained by equal access to information, high availability of information technology and heightened awareness of HIV/AIDS in Singapore.

Adult ; Consumer Health Information ; Cross-Sectional Studies ; Diabetes Mellitus ; Female ; HIV Infections ; Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice ; Humans ; Male ; Middle Aged ; Program Evaluation ; Public Health ; education ; Social Class

PURPOSE: The purpose of this study was to identify the images of men as nurses held by high school boys, and to provide basic data about the desirability of nursing as a career choice for them. METHODS: Q-methodology which provides a method of analyzing the subjectivity of each item was used: The 35 high school boys classified 31 selected Q-statements into a normal distribution using a 9-point scale. The collected data was analyzed by the pc-QUNAL program. RESULTS: Among the high school boys, three types of images of men as nurses were identified. Type I; A promising occupation for men through active way of thinking, Type II; Men working in a woman oriented field of work, Type III; A promising profession without any gender stereotype. CONCLUSION: The results of this study suggest that specific strategies should be developed to promote the choice of nursing among high school boys.
Career Choice ; Female ; Humans ; Male ; Occupations ; Thinking

PURPOSE: This study was conducted to identify the knowledge, attitude, and preventive health behavior of cancer in middle-aged men and to provide data for education program regarding cancer prevention. METHODS: This study was a descriptive research using a questionnaire, which included 20 items for knowledge, 10 items for attitude, and 18 items for preventive health behavior of cancer. Data were collected from 140 middle-aged men. Descriptive statistics, t-test, one-way ANOVA and Pearson's correlation coefficients, and stepwise multiple regression analysis were used with SPSS/WIN 18.0 to analyze the data. RESULTS: The mean score for knowledge of cancer was 11.58 (range 0~20), for attitude, 37.52 (range 5~50), and for preventive health behavior of cancer, 58.85 (range 18~90). Preventive health behavior of cancer showed a significantly positive correlation with knowledge (r=.27, p=.001) and attitude (r=.31, p<.001) toward cancer. In stepwise multiple regression analysis, knowledge and attitude toward cancer were significant factors affecting preventive health behavior of cancer. Those variables explained 12.5% of cancer preventive behavior. CONCLUSION: In order to develop a cancer prevention education program for middle-aged men, accurate knowledge and improving attitude should be considered. Furthermore, it is necessary to do further study with a larger random sample according to lifespan.
Education ; Health Behavior* ; Humans ; Male ; Surveys and Questionnaires