Korean J Rehabil Nurs.  2002 Jun;5(1):71-85.

Relationship between Health Perception and Health Status of Clinical Nurses

• Seo JS

Abstract

The purpose of study was to find out the relationship between health perception and health status of clinical nurses. It also identified factors that related to health perception and health status of clinical nurses. The research design was descriptive correlational study. The subjects were. consisted of 289 clinical nurses at the university hospital in Pusan, The data were collected from Feb. 12th to Feb, 28th, 2001 by self reporting structured questionnaires. The instruments used for this study were health perception questionnaire developed by Ware and Cornell Medical Index modified by Nam Ho-Chang (1965) for measuring health status. The data were analyzed by SPSS/PC+ program using frequency, percentage, mean, mean mark, standard deviation, t-test, ANOVA, Scheffe test, and Pearson's correlation coefficient. The results of this study were as follows. 1. The mean score of the health perception was 94,70+/-.93(range 29-145), which the item mean mark score was 3.27+/-.31(range 1-5). The score of subarea of the health perception was the highest score in health concern (4.57+/-.58) and the lowest sore in rejection of sick roie(2.94+/-.32). 2. The mean score of the health status was 102.83+/-.61(range:57-114), which the item mean mark score was 1.80+/-.13(range:1-2). The mean mark score of the physical health status was 62.55+/-.35(l.69+/-.14) and the mental health status was 40.28+/-.51 (1.83+/-.16). 3. There were statistically significant difference in the score of health perception according to the presence of disease(F=4.607, p=.011), job satisfaction (F=12.242, p=000), and job place(F=2.838, P= .038) 4. There were statistically significant difference in the score of health status according to the age(F=3.164, p= .007), presence of leisure time(F=4.308, P=039), presence of diseases (F=3.215, P= .042), job experience (F=9.064, P= .000), job satisfaction (F= 7.182, P= .001), job place (F=5.638, P=.001), job position (F=3.900, P= .021). 5. Health perception of clinical nurse was shown to be positively related to health status(r= .543, p= .000) In conclusion, health perception of clinical nurse working at the university hospital was relatively high, and health status was fine. And the more health perception was high, the more health status was high. Therefore, the health promotion program for clinical nurses, should included health perception.

MeSH Terms

Analysis of Variance
Busan
Cornell Medical Index
Health Promotion
Job Satisfaction
Leisure Activities
Mental Health
Surveys and Questionnaires
Research Design
Self Report