KMID : 0607720020130040710
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Journal of Korean Community Nursing 2002 Volume.13 No. 4 p.710 ~ p.718
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The Relationship between Fatigue and Self-efficacy in Patients with Lung Concer
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Son Su-Kyung
Lee Ji-Hyun
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Abstract
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Purpose: The purpose of this study was to identify the relationship between fatigue and self-efficacy in patients with lung cancer
Method: The data was collected from January 21th to April 8th 2001 The study subjects were recruited from K hospital in Pusan Korea Their fatigue was measured using the 22-item Revised Piper Fatigue Scale developed by Piper et al. (1998) and translated by the investigators and self-efficacy was measured using the 10-item General self-efficacy Questionnaire developed by Lee. Schwarzer & Jerusalem. The data were analyzed by SPSS 10.0 program using frequency percentage mean and standard deviation t-test ANOVA post-hoc test (Scheffe¡¯s test ) and Pearson Correlation Coefficients
Result: 1) The mean fatigue score was 118¡¾33.02 (range:22¡220) The scores for sub-dimension were 35.40¡¾10.06 in behavior/severity 25.98¡¾9.06 in affective score 27.88¡¾10.06 in sensory score and 29.22¡¾8.27 in cognitive/mood The mean self-efficacy score was 28.80¡¾5.82 2) There were significant differences in the fatigue of patients with lung cancer on income per month (F=4.651 p=.014) ¡¯present pain¡¯ (F=2.601 p=.012) ¡¯change of weight¡¯ (F=5.911 p=.005) by general characteristics 3) There were significant differences in the self-efficacy of patients with lung cancer on ¡¯religion¡¯(F=3.732 p=.031) ¡¯past therapy¡¯(F=2.869 p=0.34) by general characteristics 4) There was a significant negative correlation between fatigue and self-efficacy (r=-.528 p=.000)
Conclusion: Patients with lung cancer experience fatigue. Increased fatigue is associated with decreased self-efficacy. Nurses must provide patients with nursing care for the less occurrence of fatigue and interventions to manage self-efficacy for them
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KEYWORD
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Fatigue, Self-efficacy, Lung cancer patients
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