Nagata H, Ohta T, Aoyama H
Department of Hygiene and Preventive Medicine, Okayama University Medical School, Japan.
Acta Med Okayama. 1998 Oct;52(5):271-8. doi: 10.18926/AMO/31318.
This study explored how nursing practitioners perceived inpatients' anxiety, self-esteem, purpose-in-life and multidimensional health locus of control. Seventy-three nurses, 60 third-year and 70 first-year nursing students, and 61 control students not majoring in nursing science estimated how inpatients rated these four psychological states. Their ratings were compared with those given by 121 inpatients. Findings showed that the nursing practitioners, as well as the control participants, overestimated inpatients' anxiety, while they underestimated their self-esteem and purpose-in-life. The inpatients' scores for internal locus of control were greater than their scores for the two types of external locus of control (powerful others and chance), and were also greater than the scores given by the nursing practitioners in estimating the patients' perception of internal locus of control. The findings indicate that inpatients have a more positive attitude toward themselves and their own lives, and hence much better mental health, than the nursing practitioners estimate they do.
本研究探讨了执业护士如何看待住院患者的焦虑、自尊、生活目的以及多维健康控制点。73名护士、60名三年级和70名一年级护理专业学生，以及61名非护理专业的对照学生对住院患者如何评价这四种心理状态进行了评估。他们的评分与121名住院患者给出的评分进行了比较。研究结果表明，执业护士以及对照参与者高估了住院患者的焦虑程度，而低估了他们的自尊和生活目的。住院患者的内控点得分高于他们在两种外控点（有影响力的他人和机遇）上的得分，也高于执业护士在估计患者对内控点的认知时给出的分数。研究结果表明，住院患者对自己和自己的生活持更积极的态度，因此心理健康状况比执业护士估计的要好得多。
