Korean J Fam Pract. 2017; 7(2): 246-252  https://doi.org/10.21215/kjfp.2017.7.2.246
Is There an Association between Serving in a Comprehensive Care Ward and Deterioration of Nurse’s Mental Health?
Dae-Youn Kim, ByoungDuck Han*, Chang Soo Kim, Kyoung Man Jung
Department of Family Medicine, Sahmyook Medical Center, Seoul, Korea
ByoungDuck Han
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E-mail: d7youn@hanmail.net
Received: May 9, 2016; Revised: July 27, 2016; Accepted: August 19, 2016; Published online: April 20, 2017.
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Abstract
Background: The South Korean Ministry of Health and Welfare has been operating “Comprehensive care ward” pilot project, in which nurses take on the responsibility of caregiving, since July 2013. This study was conducted to examine the association between serving in a comprehensive care ward and deterioration of nurses’ health.
Methods: In January 2016, we performed a survey of two groups of nurses: from 4 comprehensive care wards and 6 traditional medical wards of a secondary hospital in Seoul. We evaluated the nurses’ health using self-report questionnaires, namely, the Korean version of the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI-K), the Korean Version of the World Health Organization Quality of Life Scale Abbreviated version (WHOQOL-BREF), and the Beck’s depression Inventory (BDI).
Results: A total of 88 nurses were included in the case-control, cross-sectional study. Using chi-square and independent sample t-tests, we evaluated the nurses’ health. The PSQI-K, BDI, and WHOQOL-BREF did not show significant differences among nurses in the comprehensive care ward group. The means of BDI and PSQI-K global scores were 14.5±7.4 and 7.8±2.8 respectively.
Conclusion: Nurses’ health was not more aggravated in the comprehensive care ward group. However, a multi-center study is needed to uncover the reasons behind the deterioration of nurses’ psychological health.
Keywords: Comprehensive Care Ward; Nurse; Mental Health
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