PURPOSE: The aim of this study was to investigate e-health literacy and self-care agency of nursing students and non-health department women college students. METHODS: A descriptive comparative design was used. Participants were 67 nursing students and 67 non-health department women college students between 18 and 25 years old from a university located in Seoul. Data collection was done from September 2 to October 5, 2016 using structured questionnaires. Data were analyzed using independent t-test, χ² test, ANCOVA, ANOVA, Scheffé test, and Pearson's correlation coefficients with SPSS 23.0. RESULTS: e-Health literacy had significant difference (F=1.95, p<.018) between nursing students and non-health department women college students. However, self-care agency was not significantly different (F=1.05, p=.426). There were significant positive correlation (r=.63, p<.001) in e-health literacy and self-care agency of nursing students. CONCLUSION: The results of this study suggest that education programs should be provided to improve the e-health literacy and self-care agency for women college students.
Data Collection ; Education ; Female ; Health Literacy ; Humans ; Literacy* ; Nursing* ; Self Care* ; Seoul ; Students, Nursing*

PURPOSE: The purpose of this cross-sectional survey was to determine the reliability and validity of the Korean version of the Belongingness Scale-Clinical Placement Experience (BS-CPE). METHODS: The study conducted a cross-sectional survey which used a self-report questionnaire. A convenient sampling method was utilized, and data on 335 students was gathered. We verified construct validity by performing confirmatory factor analysis. RESULTS: The overall Cronbach's alpha score was .90 (range: .71-.84). BS-CPE was correlated with self-respect (r = .47, p < .001) and self-directed learning (r = .50, p < .001). The original BS-CPE was modified based on the validity test. CONCLUSION: This modified Korean version of the BS-CPE is applicable for use with university undergraduates to measure belongingness in clinical practice.
Cross-Sectional Studies ; Humans ; Learning ; Physician's Practice Patterns ; Reproducibility of Results ; Students, Nursing ; Surveys and Questionnaires

PURPOSE: The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of stress, social support and self-efficacy on the mental health of female undergraduate students. METHOD: Three hundred ninety-nine undergraduate students were conveniently selected from a university in Seoul. The instruments used in this study were stress, social support, self-efficacy, and mental health scales. ANOVA, t-test, Pearson correlation coefficients, and stepwise multiple regression with SPSS Win 16.0 Version were used to analyze the data. RESULTS: Mental health was significantly influenced by stress, social support, self-efficacy, and monthly expenditures. These variables accounted for 44.2% of the variance in mental health. CONCLUSION: The important factor that was found to affect the mental health of undergraduate female students was stress. Therefore, future studies need to be pursued to develop various strategies, such as stress relief programs, for mental health promotion of female undergraduate students.
Female ; Health Expenditures ; Humans ; Mental Health ; Weights and Measures

Purpose: This study aimed to analyze the content and effectiveness of psychosocial support interventions for women with gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM). Methods: The following databases were searched with no limitation of the time period: Ovid-MEDLINE, Cochrane Library, Ovid-Embase, CINAHL, PsycINFO, NDSL, KoreaMed, RISS, and KISS. Two investigators independently reviewed and selected articles according to the predefined inclusion/exclusion criteria. ROB 2.0 and the RoBANS 2.0 checklist were used to evaluate study quality. Results: Based on the 14 selected studies, psychosocial support interventions were provided for the purpose of (1) informational support (including GDM and diabetes mellitus information; how to manage diet, exercise, stress, blood glucose, and weight; postpartum management; and prevention of type 2 diabetes mellitus); (2) self-management motivation (setting goals for diet and exercise management, glucose monitoring, and enhancing positive health behaviors); (3) relaxation (practicing breathing and/or meditation); and (4) emotional support (sharing opinions and support). Psychosocial supportive interventions to women with GDM lead to behavioral change, mostly in the form of self-care behavior; they also reduce depression, anxiety and stress, and have an impact on improving self-efficacy. These interventions contribute to lowering physiological parameters such as fasting plasma glucose, glycated hemoglobin, and 2-hour postprandial glucose levels. Conclusion Psychosocial supportive interventions can indeed positively affect self-care behaviors, lifestyle changes, and physiological parameters in women with GDM. Nurses can play a pivotal role in integrative management and can streamline the care for women with GDM during pregnancy and following birth, especially through psychosocial support interventions.

Purpose: This study aimed to analyze the content and effectiveness of psychosocial support interventions for women with gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM). Methods: The following databases were searched with no limitation of the time period: Ovid-MEDLINE, Cochrane Library, Ovid-Embase, CINAHL, PsycINFO, NDSL, KoreaMed, RISS, and KISS. Two investigators independently reviewed and selected articles according to the predefined inclusion/exclusion criteria. ROB 2.0 and the RoBANS 2.0 checklist were used to evaluate study quality. Results: Based on the 14 selected studies, psychosocial support interventions were provided for the purpose of (1) informational support (including GDM and diabetes mellitus information; how to manage diet, exercise, stress, blood glucose, and weight; postpartum management; and prevention of type 2 diabetes mellitus); (2) self-management motivation (setting goals for diet and exercise management, glucose monitoring, and enhancing positive health behaviors); (3) relaxation (practicing breathing and/or meditation); and (4) emotional support (sharing opinions and support). Psychosocial supportive interventions to women with GDM lead to behavioral change, mostly in the form of self-care behavior; they also reduce depression, anxiety and stress, and have an impact on improving self-efficacy. These interventions contribute to lowering physiological parameters such as fasting plasma glucose, glycated hemoglobin, and 2-hour postprandial glucose levels. Conclusion Psychosocial supportive interventions can indeed positively affect self-care behaviors, lifestyle changes, and physiological parameters in women with GDM. Nurses can play a pivotal role in integrative management and can streamline the care for women with GDM during pregnancy and following birth, especially through psychosocial support interventions.

PURPOSE: The purpose of this study was to investigate perceived stress and dietary habits of female college students and define the relationships between them. METHOD: A convenient sampling method was used at a university based in Seoul. Finally, 412 students participated in the study from May 1 to June 10, 2008. The questionnaires administered consisted of a Stress Scale for college students and Dietary habit scale questionnaires. The students filled out the questionnaires by themselves. The collected data was analyzed with the SPSS Win 14.0 statistics program, which was used to calculate the frequencies, percentages, ANOVA, and Pearson's correlation of the variables. RESULT: The major findings of this study were as follows; In general, female students were mostly stressed by 'schooling.' Stress scores were significantly different in accordance with religion. Overall, dietary habits of study participants were normal. Significant differences were observed in the dietary habits between type of residence, major, and spending money per month. There was a significant relationship between perceived stress and dietary habits. CONCLUSION: Stress management for female college students should be developed and nutritional education programs should be reinforced.
Female ; Food Habits ; Humans ; Surveys and Questionnaires

PURPOSE: The purpose of study was to explore the frequency of irritable bowel syndrome(IBS) among female university students and identify self-esteem, depression, and physical health. METHOD: The secondary analysis was performed. A total 401 university female students were recruited from 1 university in Korea. IBS was diagnosed based on the Rome III criteria. The questionnaires included Rosenberg's self-esteem scale, Center for Epidemiological Studies-Depression (CESD) scale, and physical health questionnaire developed by Lee. The collected data was analyzed with SPSS Win 15.0 statistics program using frequencies, percentages, ANOVA, and the Pearson's correlations of the variables. RESULT: The frequency of IBS was 26.7 % in students. All women had mixed constipation and diarrhea subtype of IBS. Compared to the women without IBS, those with IBS reported significantly lower scores on self-esteem and higher scores of CESD and on the physical health questionnaire. CONCLUSION: Nursing interventions targeting female students with IBS should be developed in order to reduce the depression and physical health problem and improve self-esteem.
Constipation ; Depression ; Diarrhea ; Female ; Humans ; Irritable Bowel Syndrome ; Korea ; Surveys and Questionnaires ; Rome

Purpose: This study conducted a systematic review and meta-analysis to identify trends in nursing ethics education research for Korean nursing students and nurses. Methods: The data search was conducted in July 2020; domestic and foreign academic journals were targeted for the search. A combination of search terms was entered into major databases, and the year of publishing was limited to the last 10 years (2010~2020). Results: The systematic review analyzed 25 experimental and 13 non-experimental studies, and education methods included lectures, discussions, role play, film-use classes related to nursing ethics, action learning, and case-based learning. The meta-analysis of 12 studies revealed that ethical education has significant differences in effect size of biomedical ethics, critical thinking, moral judgment, and moral sensitivity. A subgroup analysis of education methods showed that in addition to traditional lecture and discussion education methods, there were significant differences in the effect size of sense of biomedical ethics between the following two methods: lecture and discussion including additional methods and lecture and discussion only. Conclusion Ethics education for nursing students and nurses has been found to be effective in improving ethics-related competencies, and various teaching methods other than lectures and discussions must be utilized.

PURPOSE: This study aimed to identify the physical function test differences between the faller group and the nonfaller group in a sample of the community-dwelling elderly METHODS: This study used a nonexperimental two-group-comparative study design. The participants were 356 people aged 65 years and over living in an urban area. From May to December 2010, data were collected through personal interviews using questionnaires and measurements of muscle strength, physical endurance, flexibility, motor agility and dynamic balance, and static balance. The collected data were analyzed by descriptive statistics, Chi square analysis, and t test. RESULTS: Upper muscle strength was significantly weaker in the faller group (p < .05). Lower muscle strength was significantly weaker in the faller group; both hip flexion (p = .004), knee extension (Right: p = .004; Left: p = .031), left ankle plantar flexion (p = .045), and left ankle inversion (p = .036). Tandem standing with eyes opened and closed was significantly shorter, indicating decreased static balance in the faller group. CONCLUSION: Nurses should make efforts to implement exercise programs focused on physical fitness enhancement for community-dwelling elderly adults for fall prevention.
Accidental Falls ; Adult ; Aged ; Animals ; Ankle ; Eye ; Hip ; Humans ; Knee ; Muscle Strength ; Physical Endurance ; Physical Fitness ; Pliability ; Surveys and Questionnaires

BACKGROUND: The XN-20 (Sysmex, Japan) is a recently developed hematology analyser, which adopts new technologies to improve the accuracy of complete blood count (CBC) and white blood cell (WBC) differentials and the efficiency of the flag system. In this study, we evaluated the performance of the XN-20 for CBC, WBC differentials, and reticulocyte counts. We also analysed the efficiency of its flag system. METHODS: We evaluated the precision and linearity of CBC and reticulocyte counts. In the correlation study, the results of XN-20 were compared with those obtained using ADVIA 2120 (Siemens, USA). The performance was also evaluated in the 'low WBC mode.' We analysed the efficiency of the flag system in detecting abnormal blood cells using 43 abnormal samples. RESULTS: The CVs for precision were <2% for most of the CBC parameters. Linearity was good for WBC, red blood cell (RBC), Hb, Hct, and platelet. The results of XN-20 were well correlated with those of ADVIA 2120. The correlation coefficients (r) was >0.9800 for all CBC parameters except for erythrocyte indices, and it was >0.9500 for WBC differentials except for monocyte and basophil. In the 'low WBC mode,' XN-20 could reliably analyse the WBC differentials in samples with low WBC count. The efficiencies of the flag systems were 95.3% for blasts, 83.7% for left-shifted neutrophils, 97.7% for atypical lymphocytes, and 86.0% for nucleated RBCs. CONCLUSIONS: The XN-20 showed good precision and its results were well correlated with those obtained using ADVIA 2120. In particular, in the 'low WBC mode,' it could provide reliable WBC differentials for samples with low WBC counts, and the flag systems detected abnormal blood cells with high efficiency.
Basophils ; Blood Cell Count* ; Blood Cells ; Blood Platelets ; Erythrocyte Indices ; Erythrocytes ; Hematology ; Leukocyte Count ; Leukocytes ; Lymphocytes ; Monocytes ; Neutrophils ; Reticulocyte Count ; Statistics as Topic