| A Study on Self-Care Activity, Self-Care Agency, and Mental Health for Patients with Chronic Schizophrenia |
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Mi-Yeul Hyun1, Jeong-Hee Kim2 |
1Assistant Professor, Department of Nursing, Jeju National University
2Associate Professor, Department of Nursing, Jeju National University |
| 일 정신요양원에 거주하는 만성정신분열병 환자의 자가간호수행과 자가간호역량 및 정신건강에 관한 연구 |
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현미열1, 김정희2 |
1제주대학교 간호학과 조교수
2제주대학교 간호학과 부교수 |
Correspondence:
Mi-Yeul Hyun, Tel: 82-64-754-3886, Fax: 82-64-702-2686,
Email: hpeopte@cheju.ac.kr
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• Accepted: 12 June 2009 |
| Abstract |
Purpose
The purpose of this study was to identify the degree of self-care activity, self-care agency, and mental health for patients with chronic schizophrenia.
Methods
The subjects were 120 chronic schizophrenics living in a rural mental health care facility. Convenient samples were interviewed by the researcher and two trained nursing students using a structured questionnaire. The instruments for data collection were the Self-Care Activity Scale by Yu (1991), Mental Health Related Self-Care Agency Scale by West & Isenberg (1997), and Symptom Check List-90-Revision (SCL-90-R) by Derogatis, Rickels, & Rock (1976). The collected data was analyzed with descriptive statistics, t-test. ANOVA, and Pearson's correlation coefficient wrth the SPSS/WIN program.
Results
First, the mean score of self-care activity was 3.06 ± 0.68. The highest was a dressing subscale and the lowest was a leisure time subscale. The mean score of self-care agency was 3.19 ± 0.64 and mental health was 1.99 ± 0.73. Second, the patients who practiced religion had a higher score of self-care activity. Third, there was a significant relationship among self-care activity, self-care agency, and mental health.
Conclusion
These results suggest that self-care activity can be increased in patients with chronic mental illness by increasing self-care agency and mental health. This information should be used to construct self-care activity promoting programs. |
| Key Words:
Chronic schizophrenia; Self-care activity; Self-care agency; Mental health |
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