Korean Journal of Adult Nursing (성인간호학회지)
- Volume 17 Issue 5
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- Pages.793-801
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- 2005
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- 1225-4886(pISSN)
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- 2288-338X(eISSN)
The Relationships of Family support, Self-efficacy and Self-care Performance in Patients with Chronic Illness
만성질환자의 가족지지, 자기효능감 및 자가간호수행간의 관계
- Son, Youn-Jung (Department of Nursing, Soonchunhyang University) ;
- Park, Young-Rye (Department of Nursing, Mokpo Catholic University)
- Received : 2005.08.01
- Accepted : 2005.11.28
- Published : 2005.12.30
Abstract
Purpose: This study was to identify the relationship between family support, self-efficacy and self-care performance in patients with chronic illness. Methods: The subjects were 100 in-and out-patients who were diagnosed with chronic illness at university hospital in Cheonan. The data analyzed using descriptive statistics, Pearson correlation coefficient and stepwise multiple regression with SPSS WIN 12.0. Results: The level of family support, self-efficacy and self-care performance were high. The family support in patients with chronic illness indicated a significant positive correlation to self-care performance but no significant correlation to self-efficacy. The self-efficacy in patients with chronic illness indicated a significant positive correlation to self-care performance. Family support and self-efficacy account for 24.4% of variance of the self-care performance. The most significant predictor which influenced self-care performance in patients with chronic illness was family support. Conclusion: The results of this study showed that family support and self-efficacy are very important variables in explaining the self-care performance. Therefore, these variables should be considered in nursing intervention development and education.