College of Nursing Science, Kyung Hee University, Dongdaemun-gu, Seoul, Republic of Korea.
Department of Nursing, Graduate School, Kyung Hee University, Dongdaemun-gu, Seoul, Republic of Korea.
Clin Nurs Res. 2021 Jun;30(5):670-679. doi: 10.1177/1054773820913984. Epub 2020 Mar 24.
This study was to examine the self-care competency, the presence of depressive symptom, and health-related quality of life and to evaluate the correlation of these measures among 146 stroke patients in South Korea. The analyses showed that mean score of self-care competency indicates a slightly lower level of self-care competency. There showed lower levels of self-care competency in patients with no occupation, hemorrhage or infarction stroke type, both attack area and with risk-factors or other diseases such as hypertension and/or diabetes. Self-care competency had a significant, negative relation with presence of depressive symptom, while self-care competency had a significant, positive relation with health-related quality of life. In the nursing practice, nurses need to pay attention self-care competency and the related factors for better qualitive care of stroke patients. Concrete interventions and strategies to improve the self-care competency of stroke patients are needed.
本研究旨在检验 146 名韩国脑卒中患者的自我护理能力、抑郁症状的存在以及与健康相关的生活质量,并评估这些措施之间的相关性。分析表明,自我护理能力的平均得分表明自我护理能力略低。无职业、出血性或缺血性脑卒中类型、攻击区域以及存在风险因素或其他疾病(如高血压和/或糖尿病)的患者自我护理能力较低。自我护理能力与抑郁症状的存在呈显著负相关,而自我护理能力与与健康相关的生活质量呈显著正相关。在护理实践中,护士需要关注自我护理能力及其相关因素,为脑卒中患者提供更好的护理。需要采取具体的干预措施和策略来提高脑卒中患者的自我护理能力。