KMID : 0607720020130020250
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Journal of Korean Community Nursing 2002 Volume.13 No. 2 p.250 ~ p.259
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A study on the Impact of Mastery on Appraisal of Uncertainty in Women Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis
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Yoo Kyung-Hee
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Abstract
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Objectives: This study was conducted to investigate the effects of mastery on appraisal of uncertainty in women patients with rheumatoid arthritis.
Methods: The study subjects consisted of 168 patients who were recruited form the outpatient clinic of a rheumatic center in Seoul. Self report questionnaires were used to measure the study variables that included uncertainty. mastery, danger appraisal of uncertainty, and opportunity appraisal of uncertainty. Cronbach¡¯s alpha reliabilities of these instruments ranged from .72 to .73. For data analysis, the SPSSWIN 10.0 program was utilized to exam descriptive statistics, Pearson¡¯s correlations, and regression analysis.
Results: The results were as follows: (1) The uncertainty scores of the subjects ranged from 33 to 87 with the mean score of 63.27 (2) The mastery scores of the subjects ranged from 10 to 27 with a mean score of 18.70 (3) The danger appraisal of uncertainty scores of the subjects ranged from 8 to 32 with a mean score of 20.22 (4) The opportunity appraisal of uncertainty scores of the subject ranged from 7 to 28 with a mean score of 17.80. (5) Significant factors that explained the danger appraisal of uncertainty were mastery (=-.444, p<.001). and education level(=-.184, p<.05) (6) Significant factor that explained the opportunity appraisal of uncertainty was level of uncertainty (=-.328, p<.001).
Conclusion: Among the independent variables, the most significant factor that explained the danger appraisal of uncertainty in the women patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis was mastery. Therefore, a nursing intervention with strategies to improve sense of mastery should be developed for women patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis.
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KEYWORD
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Rheumatoid Arthritis, Mastery, Appraisal of Uncertainty
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