The Impact of Practice Environment and Resilience on Burnout among Clinical Nurses in a Tertiary Hospital Setting.

The purpose of this study was to examine practice environment, resilience, and burnout and to identify the impacts of practice environment and resilience on burnout among clinical nurses working at a tertiary hospital. A cross-sectional secondary data analysis was conducted using a convenience sample of 199 nurses. The nurses completed survey questionnaires regarding practice environment, resilience, and burnout.

Perceptions of video-facilitated debriefing in simulation education among nursing students: Findings from a Q-methodology study.

Background: In simulation nursing education, learning occurs through certain debriefing activities. A learning strategy considering the perceptions of learners participating in video-facilitated debriefing (VFD), a key component of simulation-based learning, is highly likely to be an effective debriefing method.

Purpose: This study aimed to identify the patterns of nursing students' perceptions of VFD after simulation.

Attitudes About Coping With Fatigue in Patients With Gastric Cancer: A Q-Methodology Study.

Cancer-related fatigue is the most common symptom in patients with cancer. Coping methods for cancer-related fatigue differ from those of patients without cancer, as the situations faced by patients with cancer are unique. This study aimed to identify subjectivity concerning coping with fatigue in Korean patients with gastric cancer.

Perceptions of resilience in patients undergoing peritoneal dialysis: A Q-methodology study.

Resilience is a potential human psycho-social ability that can reduce negative emotion and promote adaptation to adversity. Most previous studies on resilience have highlighted positive factors for patients with chronic illnesses; however, very few focus on the resilience of patients undergoing peritoneal dialysis (PD) using a qualitative approach. Using Q-methodology, we identified the perceptions of resilience of patients undergoing PD.

Factors influencing blood pressure classification for adults: Gender differences.

Aim: Hypertension is a common condition contributing to many diseases. Factors influencing blood pressure (BP) classification for adults have changed over time. This study aimed to identify factors influencing BP classification according to gender.

Subjectivity About Sexual Ethics Among Korean Undergraduate Students Using Q Methodology.

Purpose: Most undergraduate students are in the phase of gaining mental and physical autonomy from their parents as they expand their worlds. The ways that sexual ethics are established during this time may have an important influence on healthy lifestyles and the maintenance of social order. This study aims to determine a typology of undergraduate students' sexual ethics and the characteristics that compose the types.

Attitudes toward stress and coping among primary caregivers of patients undergoing hemodialysis: A Q-methodology study.

Introduction Hemodialysis (HD) causes many life changes, not only for patients undergoing it but also for their families by allowing them to rely on this lifesaving equipment unless they receive a kidney transplant. The stress of the primary caregivers, who spends the most time in the family taking care of the patient undergoing HD, is quite high. This study was to identify attitudes about stress and coping among primary caregivers of HD patients.

Perceptions about cancer-related fatigue among cancer patients using Q methodology.

Purpose: Cancer-related fatigue (CRF) is a common subjective feeling and disabling symptom complex experienced by patients with cancer. This study aimed to identify the subjective perceptions of Korean patients with cancer about CRF to help the development of basic intervention strategies for these patients.

Methods: Q methodology was used to examine the subjective perceptions of patients with cancer about CRF.

Decision-making regarding organ donation in Korean adults: A grounded-theory study.

The aim of this study was to identify the hidden patterns of behavior leading toward the decision to donate organs. Thirteen registrants at the Association for Organ Sharing in Korea were recruited. Data were collected using in-depth interview and the interview transcripts were analyzed using Glaserian grounded-theory methodology.

Attitudes toward simulation-based learning in nursing students: an application of Q methodology.

SBL is a highly advanced educational method that promotes technical/non-technical skills, increases team competency, and increases health care team interaction in a safe health care environment with no potential for harm to the patient. Even though students may experience the same simulation, their reactions are not necessarily uniform. This study aims at identifying the diversely perceived attitudes of undergraduate nursing students toward simulation-based learning.

[Development and testing of a nurse turnover intention scale (NTIS)].

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to develop a measurement tool of nurse's turnover intention.

Methods: Data were collected from questionnaires completed by 678 nurses who worked in 3 university hospitals in South Korea and analyzed using the SPSS 18.0 and AMOS 18 programs.

Health promotion behavior in middle-aged Koreans: a cross sectional survey.

This cross-sectional study was conducted to verify self-efficacy, self-esteem, and social support as characteristics of health promotion behavior in middle-aged Koreans, and the influence of social support on self-efficacy and self-esteem with respect to health promotion behavior. Data were collected from 310 subjects in South Korea using a self-administered questionnaire. We found a significant finding that self-efficacy positively influences health promotion behavior, focusing on the moderating effect of social support.

[Subjectivity of nursing college students' awareness of gender equality: an application of Q-methodology].

Purpose: This study was done to identify the awareness of gender equality among nursing college students, and to provide basic data for educational solutions and desirable directions.

Methods: A Q-methodology which provides a method of analyzing the subjectivity of each item was used. 34 selected Q-statements from each of 20 women nursing college students were classified into a shape of normal distribution using 9-point scale.

Psychometric testing of the Depressive Cognition Scale in Korean adults.

This study translated the Depressive Cognition Scale (DCS) from English into Korean and tested the reliability and validity of the scale. Data were from a convenient sample of 795 community-dwelling Korean adults with a self-administered questionnaire. With regard to the reliability estimate, the internal consistency of the Korean version of the DCS (K-DCS) was acceptable, where the Chronbach's alpha is .

Application of the transtheoretical model to identify aspects influencing condom use among Korean college students.

Increasing condom use requires an understanding of the influencing factors. Previous research has used psychosocial theories such as the social cognitive theory and health belief to explain AIDS risk factors and condom use. However, it is still difficult to effectively predict the multidimensional factors associated with condom use.

Verification of the profile of mood states-brief: cross-cultural analysis.

This international study investigated whether the mood states of adults can be compared between different settings and cultures using the same instrument, namely, by comparing the psychometric properties of the Profile of Mood States-Brief (POMS-B) using data gathered in the United States and Korea. The Korean research instrument was a translation of the original POMS-B, and was evaluated psychometrically for each country separately as well as for the two countries combined, based on a convenience sample of 184 adults: The POMS-B was administered to 69 native English speakers and the Korean version (K-POMS-B) was administered to 115 native Korean speakers. The mean total mood disturbance (TMD) score was 23.

[Development of a nursing professional values scale].

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to develop an instrument to measure nursing professional values.

Method: Forty preliminary items were selected by classifying 223 basic items extracted via a literature study and in-depth interviews of subjects and testing the relevance of their contents. In order to verify the reliability and relevance of the preliminary instrument, data was collected from 504 nurses in 3 general hospitals.

A Q-methodological study on nursing students' attitudes toward nursing ethics.

Purpose: Professional nursing ethics is a living, dynamic set of standards for nurses'professional moral behavior. Furthermore, in daily clinical nursing training, nursing students are constantly confronted with decision-making that is moral in nature. The aim of this study was to identify the perceived ethical attitudes in the clinical training process of senior nursing students using Q-methodology to offer basic strategies for nursing ethics education and thereby improve patients'care.