College of Nursing, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT.
Res Nurs Health. 2014 Feb;37(1):32-41. doi: 10.1002/nur.21579. Epub 2013 Dec 19.
The role of inner strength in quality of life (QOL) and self-management, primary variables in the Theory of Inner Strength, were examined with demographic and clinical characteristics in 107 women with cancer. The strongest predictors of QOL were depressive symptoms, inner strength, and time since diagnosis, respectively, accounting for 82% of the variance in QOL. When depressive symptoms were excluded due to multicollinearity, 64% of variance in QOL was explained by inner strength, time since diagnosis, and comorbidities, with inner strength the strongest predictor. The strongest predictors of self-management were depressive symptoms and inner strength, accounting for 17% of the variance. Results contribute to theory development and suggest the value of supporting inner strength to enhance QOL in cancer survivors.
内在力量在生活质量(QOL)和自我管理中的作用,这是内在力量理论的主要变量,在 107 名癌症女性中,与人口统计学和临床特征一起进行了研究。生活质量的最强预测因素分别是抑郁症状、内在力量和诊断后时间,分别占生活质量方差的 82%。由于共线性,当抑郁症状被排除在外时,内在力量、诊断后时间和合并症解释了生活质量方差的 64%,其中内在力量是最强的预测因素。自我管理的最强预测因素是抑郁症状和内在力量,占方差的 17%。研究结果有助于理论发展,并表明支持内在力量以提高癌症幸存者生活质量的价值。