Health Behavior, Health Status and Self-Efficacy according to Sasangin in Clinical Nurse

임상간호사의 체질별 건강행위, 건강상태 및 자기효능감

Purpose: This study was a descriptive research to investigate the health behavior, health status and self-efficacy according to the concepts of Sasangin. Method: Participants in this study were 214 nurses in hospitals in Seoul, Kyunggi and B city. Data were collected using interview with questionnaires from Oct.2 to Nov.30, 2003. The measurement tools were the QSCC II by Kim et al., Health Behavior by Kim, CMI by Nam and self-efficacy by Sherer, all of which have resported reliability. For the purpose of the study, the collected data were analyzed by Frequency, ANOVA, and Pearson correlation coefficients. Results: 1) There was a significant difference in health behavior according to constitution (F=1 273, p=.020). 2) There was a negative correlation between health behavior and health status for Taeumin (r=-.376, p=.002). There was also a negative correlation between health status and self-efficacy for Taeumin (r=-.271, p=.029). Conclusion: The results of this study showed that there were significant differences in health behavior, health status and self-efficacy for the participants according to the constitution of each nurse. So, based on these results, determining and fully understanding the client's constitution are important as these are the foundations of Eum-Yang and personal characteristics. Therefore, we have to consider the constitution when we provide nursing care. However, this study did not show a correlation between health behavior, health status and self efficacy for Soyangin and Soeumin. Further research is needed to determine if there is a relation between these variables according to various constitutions.