Purpose
During the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, anxiety and need satisfaction may predict turnover intention among emergency room nurses, with need satisfaction negatively influencing turnover intention. This study aimed to examine the mediating effect of need satisfaction on the relationship between COVID-19–induced anxiety and job turnover intention among emergency room nurses during the pandemic.
Methods
This descriptive cross-sectional study recruited 206 emergency room nurses from 11 hospitals in South Korea. Data were collected using a questionnaire from December 2022 to February 2023.
Results
High COVID-19–induced anxiety was associated with increased turnover intention among nurses. Physiological needs partially mediated the relationship between COVID-19–induced anxiety and turnover intention. However, safety and belongingness needs showed no mediating effect.
Conclusion
During the COVID-19 pandemic, if physiological needs were not satisfied, reducing anxiety and turnover intention among emergency room nurses proved challenging, even when other needs were met. Therefore, physiological needs should be prioritized and addressed before focusing on other types of needs.

Purpose
Anxiety in patients with unruptured intracranial aneurysm is serious. However, the nature and definition of anxiety have not been elucidated so far. This study aimed to analyze the concept of anxiety in patients with unruptured intracranial aneurysm. Methods: The hybrid model was used to perform a concept analysis of anxiety which reflects disease specificity in patients with unruptured intracranial aneurysm. In the theoretical phase, thirteen pieces of literature were analyzed. In the fieldwork phase, in-depth interviews were conducted with seven patients, who decided to follow up without treatment, and then the content analysis was conducted. In the final analytic phase, attributes were figured out and the definition of anxiety was derived by comprehensively analyzing the results in the theoretical and fieldwork phases. Results: Thirteen attributes and four categories were identified in anxiety in patients with unruptured intracranial aneurysm. Anxiety in patients with unruptured intracranial aneurysm means a state in which they feel fear of sudden rupture and death, worry about uncertain prognosis, worry about distorted thinking, constraints in carrying out daily activities and work, need to pursue healthy behavior, hunger for information, and occasionally experiencing physical symptoms. Conclusion: This study clarified the concept of anxiety in patients with unruptured intracranial aneurysm. Concept analysis of anxiety in patients with unruptured intracranial aneurysm can form the basis for intervention and understanding the patients.

Citations

• Illness Uncertainty of the Patients With Unruptured Intracranial Aneurysms Treated by Coil Embolization
  JiEun Lee, SukJeong Lee, O-Ki Kwon
  Journal of Neuroscience Nursing.2023; 55(5): 150.     CrossRef
• Self-Efficacy and Self-Care Behavior in Patients with Unruptured Intracranial Aneurysm after Treatment with Coil Embolization
  Hyun Song Shin, Jeong Hye Kim
  Korean Journal of Health Promotion.2023; 23(2): 94.     CrossRef

Purpose
The purpose of this study was to identify the moderating effect of teaching effectiveness and students’ anxiety in the relationship between simulation design characteristics and clinical reasoning competence among nursing students. Methods: The participants were 123 nursing students who underwent simulation practice. Data were collected from September 1 to October 30, 2020 using self-report questionnaires. The collected data were analyzed using descriptive statistics, independent t-test, Pearson’s correlation coefficient, and SPSS PROCESS Macro program (to study the multiple additive moderation effect). Results: Significant positive correlations were observed between clinical reasoning competence and simulation design characteristics (r=.57, p<.001), clinical reasoning competence and teaching effectiveness (r=.49, p<.001), while negative correlations were observed between clinical reasoning competence and students’ anxiety (r=-.33, p<.001). Teaching effectiveness and students’ anxiety had a multiple additive moderating effect on the relationship between simulation design characteristics and clinical reasoning competence among the nursing students (F=15.10, p<.001). Conclusion: The relationship between simulation design characteristics and clinical reasoning competence differed depending on the students’ anxiety. To improve the clinical reasoning competence of nursing students in simulation practice, developing interventions and techniques to manage students’ anxiety levels are important.

Citations

• The influence of clinical simulation on anxiety in nursing students: A scoping review
  Francisco Marcelo Leandro Cavalcante, Francisca Carla dos Angelos Santos, Odézio Damasceno Brito, Ana Clécia Silva Monteiro, Vanessa Emille Carvalho de Sousa Freire, Ana Railka de Souza Oliveira Kumakura, Natasha Marques Frota, Lívia Moreira Barros
  Nurse Education in Practice.2026; 90: 104622.     CrossRef
• The Effect of Digital Collaboration Problem-Solving Competency on Online Simulation Training in the COVID-19 Era: Mediating Effect of Flipped Learning
  Jung Eun Shin
  Journal of Digital Contents Society.2025; 26(9): 2635.     CrossRef
• The mediating role of flow in the relationship between simulation design and simulation educational satisfaction in korean nursing students: a cross-sectional study
  Eun-Kyung Lee, Eun-Joo Ji
  BMC Nursing.2024;[Epub]     CrossRef
• Factors Related to the Problem-solving Ability of Nursing Students Who Experienced Simulation Training
  Ji-Won Han
  Journal of Korea Society for Simulation in Nursing.2023; 11(2): 17.     CrossRef

Purpose
This study aimed to construct and test the Actor and Partner Interdependence Mediation Model (APIMeM) of aging anxiety of middle-aged couples based on Social Cognitive Theory and the “Crossover” concept.
Methods
Couples’ data were collected from 192 middle-aged couples.
Results
Actor effects and partner effects were supported in the two APIMeM models. Regarding the wives' aging anxiety, the actor effect of their climacteric symptoms and their cognition (husband climacteric symptoms) was mediated by their self-efficacy. Similarly, the partner effect of the husbands' cognition (wife climacteric symptoms) was also mediated by their husbands' self-efficacy. Considering the husbands' aging anxiety, the actor effect of the husbands' climacteric symptoms and the husbands' cognition (wife climacteric symptoms) was mediated by the wives' self-efficacy. The partner effect of the wives' climacteric symptoms and their cognition (husband climacteric symptoms) was mediated by the husbands' self-efficacy.
Conclusion
To reduce the aging anxiety of middle-aged couples and to reach a healthy old age, it is essential for a wife and husband to realize this together. It is considered that the aging anxiety of middle-aged couples will be more effectively prevented by implementing an interactive program to enhance self-efficacy, which has been identified as an important parameter of the actor-partner effect.

Purpose
This study was conducted to confirm the effect of providing video-program-related information on coronary disease to patients undergoing Percutaneous Coronary Intervention (PCI) on anxiety, vital signs, pain, and knowledge level related to coronary disease. Methods: A quasi-experimental design of nonequivalent control group pretest-posttest was used. The subjects of this study were 60 coronary heart disease patients hospitalized in the heart treatment center for Video educational Program (VP)-PCI (30 in the experimental group, 30 in the control group) in a general hospital in Gyeonggido Province. Data were collected from May 10 to November 30, 2019. Subjects of the experimental group were provided common nursing care and viewed a video education program before the PCI. The control group was provided common nursing care before the PCI. The data were analyzed via the χ² test, independent t-test, and repeated measured ANOVA through the SPSS 23.0 program. Results: There were significant differences in the pain of the puncture site (F=6.83, p=.011) and knowledge related to coronary disease (F=89.94, p<.001) between the experimental group and the control group. Conclusion: Based on the findings, this study suggested that the nursing education program related to knowledge of coronary disease provided by tablet PC to PCI patients was effective to decrease the perception of pain and enhance levels of knowledge related to coronary disease. Therefore, the result is useful in nursing practice and should be utilized as a tool of nursing intervention to improve the knowledge of coronary disease patients.

Citations

• Development and evaluation of a question-answering chatbot to provide information for patients with coronary artery disease after percutaneous coronary intervention
  Geunhee Lee, Yun Hee Shin
  Journal of Korean Academy of Nursing.2025; 55(2): 153.     CrossRef

Purpose
This study aimed to examine the effect of pre-operative information by audiovisual media on patients before bariatric surgery.
Methods
This study was conducted from July 4 to October 25, 2019 at Busan city in South Korea. Non-equivalent control groups with quasi-experimental design were used. A total of 24 patients were assigned to the experiment group (n=12) and the control group (n=12). Experimental tools provided information using audiovisual media, including a seven-step introduction of video contents. After that, the investigator used a Universal Serial Bus (USB) to transmit the "Obesity Escape" program to the electronic devices (smartphones, laptops, etc.) belonging to the patient or guardian, and then provided a self-learning checklist. The subjects self-learned through reviewing the items in the checklist at least three times each day at home for a total of two weeks until the day of re-admission until discharge. The investigator provided encouragement and counseling by phone once a week (every Friday).
Results
There were significant differences between the two groups in the preoperative self-care (p<.001) and preoperative self-efficacy (p=.001), and preoperative state anxiety (p=.036).
Conclusion
The results of this study suggest that the use of audiovisual media can be actively used in the nursing practice field to increase preoperative self-care and preoperative self-efficacy and reduce preoperative state anxiety in patients before bariatric surgery.

Citations

• IDENTIFICATION OF KEY FACTORS TO IMPROVE NURSES' TRIAGE COMPETENCE IN HOSPITALS: A SCOPING REVIEW
  Angga Andreas Wantoro
  Nurse and Health: Jurnal Keperawatan.2025; 14(1): 58.     CrossRef
• Autoeficacia en pacientes programados para cirugía de reemplazo de rodilla: ensayo clínico controlado
  Mauricio Medina-Garzón, Jefferson Rosendo Navarro-Córdoba
  Salud UIS.2024;[Epub]     CrossRef
• eHealth Intervention via LINE® Social Media as an Adjunct for Postoperative Care After Bariatric-Metabolic Surgery: Single Institution Experience
  Ya-Wei Huang, Kuo-Feng Hsu, Ting-Wei Chang, Chih-Kun Huang, Hui-Yu Chuang, Chieh-Hao Lai, Po-Chih Chang
  Obesity Surgery.2023; 33(3): 860.     CrossRef
• Weight Loss Experience of Highly Obese Young Adult Who Underwent Bariatric Surgery
  Hoim Lee, Hyoju Jeong, Suhye Kwon
  Journal of Korean Academy of Nursing.2023; 53(2): 260.     CrossRef
• Are eHealth interventions for adults who are scheduled for or have undergone bariatric surgery as effective as usual care? A systematic review
  Charlene Wright, Rumbidzai N. Mutsekwa, Kyra Hamilton, Katrina L. Campbell, Jaimon Kelly
  Surgery for Obesity and Related Diseases.2021; 17(12): 2065.     CrossRef

Purpose
This study investigated factors affecting Quality of Life (QoL) of patients with Meniere disease.
Methods
A descriptive study design was used. Data were collected from March to April 2020 through an online survey of 130 participants diagnosed with probable or definite Meniere disease from a community of online-based patients. The data were analyzed using the independent t-test, Pearson’s correlation coefficient, and multiple linear regression analysis.
Results
Perceived health, anxiety, depression, family support, and health care provider support significantly correlated with QoL. As a result of the multiple regression analysis, family support, perceived health, anxiety, and ear fullness were identified as factors influencing QoL, and these factors accounted for 65.0% of the variance in QoL. Of these variables, family support was the factor affecting the participants’ QoL the most (β=.45).
Conclusion
These results indicate a need for continuous efforts and strategies to increase family support to enhance the QoL of this population. In addition, to increase perceived health (which was the second most influencing factor on the QoL of this population), improved health care provider support (which showed a positive correlation with perceived health) is also warranted. Therefore, nursing interventions aiming to increase social support should be developed and implemented.

Purpose
This study aimed to identify the mediating effect of postoperative pain in the relationship between preoperative anxiety and Postoperative Nausea/Vomiting (PONV) in patients undergoing laparoscopic abdominal surgery.
Methods
The participants were 85 patients who were receiving laparoscopic abdominal surgery and undergoing general anesthesia at a university hospital. Data were collected from September 30 to December 13, 2019 using self-report questionnaires and clinical electronic medical records. The collected data were analyzed with descriptive statistics, independent t-tests, one-way analysis of variance, Pearson's correlation coefficient, and a three-step mediated regression analysis using SPSS/WIN 23.0.
Results
Significant positive correlations were observed between preoperative anxiety and postoperative pain (average score 24 hours after discharge from the recovery room) (r=.38, p<.001), preoperative anxiety and PONV (r=.45, p<.001), and postoperative pain (average score 24 hours after discharge from the recovery room) and PONV (r=.51, p<.001). Postoperative pain had a partial mediating effect (Z=2.28, p=.023) in the relationship between preoperative anxiety and PONV.
Conclusion
To reduce PONV experienced by patients who have undergone laparoscopic abdominal surgery, developing interventions and techniques to manage preoperative anxiety and alleviate postoperative pain is important.

Citations

• Effect of Wrist-Ankle Acupuncture Point Stimulation on Preventing Postoperative Nausea and Vomiting in Female Patients Undergoing Orthopedic Surgery
  Zhenzhen Zhang, Qingge Liu, Rui Chen, Yamin Tian, Chaoping Wang, Di Zhang, Songmei Wu
  Journal of PeriAnesthesia Nursing.2025; 40(3): 634.     CrossRef
• Preoperative Anxiety and Its Postoperative Associated Factors in Patients Receiving Post Anesthetic Recovery Care at Surgical Intensive Care Unit
  Yul Ha Lee, Hye-Ja Park
  Journal of Health Informatics and Statistics.2023; 48(3): 267.     CrossRef

PURPOSE
The purpose of this study was to investigate the impact of Type D personality among patients with Coronary Artery Disease (CAD).
METHODS
Seven databases were searched to conduct a systematic review and meta-analysis. Two reviewers independently searched, selected, extracted, and assessed the studies. The quality of studies was evaluated using the JBI Critical Appraisal Checklist. To estimate the effect size, meta-analysis of the studies was performed using the Comprehensive Meta-Analysis 3.0 program.
RESULTS
Of 1,128 publications identified, 31 studies that met the inclusion criteria were used to estimate the effect size of Type D personality. Effect size (Standardized Mean Difference [SMD]) was used in the analyses. Patients with CAD who had Type D personality had higher levels of depression (SMD=0.92; 95% Confidecne Interval (CI)=0.74~1.10) and anxiety (SMD=1.19; 95% CI=0.81~1.57), but lower levels of physical and mental health-related quality of life (SMD=−0.56; 95% CI=−0.75~−0.38; SMD=−0.91; 95% CI=−1.10~−0.73). Publication bias was not detected.
CONCLUSION
Type D personality was associated with increased depression and anxiety and impaired health-related quality of life in patients with CAD. Personality and psychosocial risk screening in patients with CAD should be conducted in the clinical setting.

Citations

• Relationships among Symptoms, Disability, Type D Personality, and Quality of Life in Patients with Migraine: A Cross-Sectional Study in South Korea
  Kyung-Hee Cho, Kyungmi Oh, Sunho Kim, Sung Reul Kim
  Pain Management Nursing.2023; 24(2): 180.     CrossRef
• The Effects of Lifestyle Interventions on the Health-Promoting Behavior, Type D Personality, Cognitive Function and Body Composition of Low-Income Middle-Aged Korean Women
  Eun-Jin Kim, Ju-Hee Nho, Hye-Young Kim, Sook-Kyoung Park
  International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health.2021; 18(11): 5637.     CrossRef

PURPOSE
This study was conducted to examine the effects of a group reminiscence program on self-forgiveness, life satisfaction, and death anxiety among Korean older adults in nursing homes.
METHODS
This study was undertaken in two nursing homes in Korea using a nonequivalent control group with a pretest-posttest design. The subjects were 47 older adults aged 69 to 91 years. The experimental group underwent the group reminiscence program for eight weeks. All participants' self-forgiveness, life satisfaction, and death anxiety levels were measured using the State Self-Forgiveness Scale-Korea (SSFS-K), the Satisfaction with Life Scale (SWLS), and the Death Anxiety Scale (DAS), respectively, before and after the eight-week intervention.
RESULTS
After the group reminiscence program, life satisfaction (t=3.23, p=.003) and death anxiety (t=2.49, p=.018) levels of the experimental group improved significantly compared to those of the control group. There was no statistically significant difference in self-forgiveness between the experimental and control groups.
CONCLUSION
The results of this study suggest that use of the group reminiscence program can be considered an effective intervention, with a positive impact on life satisfaction and death anxiety of Korean older adults in nursing homes.

Citations

• The Role and Effectiveness of the Life Map Design Tool in Establishing a Care Plan
  Yunkyu Lee, Yasuyuki Hirai, Melanie Sarantou, Akihiro Kawaguchi, Jia Wang
  Archives of Design Research.2025; 38(1): 31.     CrossRef
• A Network Meta-Analysis of Different Psychological Therapies for Death Anxiety in Older Adults
  Jinhong Lu, Youzhuan Yang, Hongchao Ma
  OMEGA - Journal of Death and Dying.2025;[Epub]     CrossRef
• Psychological interventions to promote self-forgiveness: a systematic review
  A. Vismaya, Aswathy Gopi, John Romate, Eslavath Rajkumar
  BMC Psychology.2024;[Epub]     CrossRef
• Self-Transcendence as a Mediator of the Relationship Between Reminiscence Functions and Death Anxiety: Implications for Psychiatric Nurses
  Abdallah Abu Khait, Austin Menger, Hanan Al-Modallal, Asem Abdalrahim, Theodora Moldovan, Shaher H. Hamaideh
  Journal of the American Psychiatric Nurses Association.2024; 30(3): 646.     CrossRef
• The effect of structured group reminiscence on depression and anxiety of the elderly female hookah users
  Mohammad-Rafi Bazrafshan, Mozhgan Jokar, Omid Soufi, Hamed Delam
  Journal of Substance Use.2022; 27(5): 528.     CrossRef
• Depression and quality of life in older adults with pneumoconiosis: The mediating role of death anxiety
  Sunghee Cho, Ok-Hee Cho
  Geriatric Nursing.2022; 44: 215.     CrossRef
• The effect of group reminiscence therapy on death anxiety and adaptation of the elderly to old age
  Mohammad-Rafi Bazrafshan, Zohreh Faramarzian, Omid Soufi, Hamed Delam
  Archives of Psychiatric Nursing.2022; 41: 312.     CrossRef
• Scoping review of reminiscence research undertaken in long-term care communities
  Yuxuan Yang, Leah Graf, Madisyn Longdin, Abdallah Abu Khait, Juliette Shellman
  Geriatric Nursing.2022; 46: 191.     CrossRef
• Forgiveness Interventions for Older Adults: A Review
  Javier López, Maria Inés Serrano, Isabel Giménez, Cristina Noriega
  Journal of Clinical Medicine.2021; 10(9): 1866.     CrossRef
• Effect of Reminiscence Therapy on Death Anxiety in Retired Elderly Men: An Interventional Study
  Abbasali Sheykhi, Farshid Saeedinezhad, Zahra Raiesi, Nasrin Rezaee
  Medical - Surgical Nursing Journal.2020;[Epub]     CrossRef
• The Effectiveness of Biographical Approaches in Long-Term Care: A Systematic Review
  Lara Menn, Sabine Corsten, Norina Lauer, Sarah J Wallace, Patricia C Heyn
  The Gerontologist.2020; 60(4): e309.     CrossRef

PURPOSE
This study aimed to investigate the effects of a video-centered nursing education program on anxiety, uncertainty, and self-care in patients undergoing cataract surgery.
METHODS
A video-centered nursing education program was developed. The program consisted of a video and leaflet. The video was in 4 sections (introduction, pre-operation examination, operation, and post-operation self-care) for a total of 8 minutes. The leaflet included information on cataracts and self-care. The program was performed from January to April 2017. The participants were scheduled to undergo cataract surgery. The experimental group (n=26) underwent the program before the operation and the control group (n=30) received usual care at Bundang Jesaeng Hospital. In the pre-test, general characteristics, trait-state anxiety, and uncertainty were measured. The state anxiety, uncertainty, and self-care were evaluated as post-test. Data were analyzed using Kolmogorov-Smirnov, Shapiro-Wilk, χ2, Fisher's exact, t-, and Mann-Whitney U tests and covariance analysis.
RESULTS
In the post-test, there were significant differences between groups on uncertainty (F=8.10, p=.006) and self-care (F=11.06, p=.002).
CONCLUSION
The program was effective in reducing uncertainty and improving self-care in patients undergoing cataract surgery. These results will help to reduce nurse shortages and excessive workload and enable efficient clinical practice.

Citations

• Effects of a Video-based Education Program for Cerebral Angiography on Patients’ Outcomes: A Randomized Controlled Trial
  Sung-Hyun Tark, Jee-In Hwang
  Quality Improvement in Health Care.2024; 30(1): 76.     CrossRef
• Effect of audiovisual media-based nursing information on environmental stress, anxiety, and uncertainty in patients undergoing open-heart surgery
  Jeong-Yeong Jeon, Dong-Hee Kim, Kyoungrim Kang
  Medicine.2023; 102(8): e33001.     CrossRef
• A comparative study on the training method that mixed face-to-face/non-face-to-face education for apprentice engineers in the training ship
  Jung-Ho Noh, Eun-Seok Jeong, Jin-Uk Lee, Sae-Gin Oh, Kyoung-Kuk Yoon, Jong-Su Kim, Hyeon-Min Jeon, Jae-Jung Hur
  Journal of Advanced Marine Engineering and Technology.2022; 46(2): 93.     CrossRef
• A comparative study on video training and lecture-style training for apprentice engineers of training ships
  Ki-Young Han, Jun-Soo Kim, Hong-Beom Kim, Jae Jung Hur
  Journal of Advanced Marine Engineering and Technology.2021; 45(6): 459.     CrossRef
• The effect of film screening training before cataract surgery on anxiety in the elderly: A clinical trial
  Mozhgan Eftekharpour Fatemi, Farahnaz Mohammadi Shahboulaghi, Razieh Bandari, Kian Nourozi Tabrizi, Akbar Biglarian
  Health Monitor Journal of the Iranian Institute for Health Sciences Research.2021; 20(4): 497.     CrossRef
• The Effect of Video Education on Cancer Patient Advance Directive Writing
  Ji Su Kang, Hyeon Ok Kim
  Asian Oncology Nursing.2020; 20(1): 39.     CrossRef
• Effects of a video education program for patients with benign uterine tumors receiving high-intensity focused ultrasound treatment
  Mi Suk Hong, Hyoung Sook Park, Young Suk Cho
  Korean Journal of Women Health Nursing.2020; 26(2): 151.     CrossRef

PURPOSE
The purpose of this study was to test the effect of visual information blocking nursing intervention (VIBNI) on stress and anxiety of patients undergo chemoport insertion in operating rooms.
METHODS
A non-equivalent control quasi-experimental design was used. Forth eight participants were enrolled and randomized to experimental group (VIBNI group, n=24) and control group (n=24). All participants received chemoport insertion under local anesthesia. During chemoport insertion, participants allocated to the VIBNI group had their both eyes covered with gamma-sterilized white gauze (5cm × 20cm, 0.5cm in thickness and 4g in weight) that can transmit light of 330Lux. Data from 43 participants were analysed after excluding 5 participants who withdrew (3 in the VIBNI group, and 2 in the control group) due to hypertension and anxiety history. Blood pressure and pulse were measured for stress. Blood sample (3 mL) was obtained before and during the procedure to measure serum cortisol level. State anxiety and VAS was measured for anxiety.
RESULTS
The difference of cortisol level between two groups was statistically significant after VIBNI intervention (p=.007). In terms of systolic blood pressure (p=.005) and pulse (p < .001), interaction of two groups appeared to be significant over time.
CONCLUSION
In our sample, participants received the VIBNI reported lower stress responses (cortisol level, systolic blood pressure and pulse) during chemoport insertion. Based upon our preliminary results, further evaluation in a larger sample and objective anxiety is warranted.

Citations

• Effects of Forced-Air Warming Therapy on Anxiety, Pain, and Body Temperature of Patients under Local Anesthesia during Surgery: A Quasi-Experimental Study
  Jeongmin Lee, Yeojin Yi
  Journal of Korean Academy of Fundamentals of Nursing.2023; 30(2): 206.     CrossRef

PURPOSE
The purpose of this study was to identify the level of terminal care performance of nurses in long-term care hospitals, and investigate how nursing professionalism, attitudes on advance directives and death anxiety affects their terminal care performance.
METHODS
Total of 294 nurses from long-term care hospitals completed the structured questionnaires including nursing professionalism scale, advance directives attitude survey, death anxiety scale and terminal care performance scale. Data were analyzed using the SPSS/WIN 24.0.
RESULTS
There were significantly correlation among terminal care performance of nurse, nursing professionalism, attitudes on advance directives, and death anxiety. The key factor that affected nurses terminal care performance was nursing professionalism(β=.26, p < .001), followed by attitudes on advance directive (β=.20, p < .001), participation of terminal care education (β=.15, p=.006), total work experience (β=.13, p=.015), and participation of Do-Not-Resuscitate education (β=.13, p=.018), which explained about 23.1% of the variance in nurses terminal care performance (F=17.05, p < .001).
CONCLUSION
The results of this research suggest that to enhance the nursing performance of nurses in long-term care hospital, it is necessary to develop an education program that can enhance a professionalism and the attitudes on advance directives, and reduce death anxiety experienced by nurses.

Citations

• Relationship Between Physician’s and Nurses’ Attitudes Towards Futile Treatment and Their Approach to Death and Terminally Ill Patients
  Gulay Yildirim, Meryem Türkan Işık, Sibel Oner Yalcin
  OMEGA - Journal of Death and Dying.2025; 91(3): 1348.     CrossRef
• The mediating effects of nurses’ professional values on the relationship between work environment and organizational commitment among long-term care hospital nurses
  Won Hee Jun
  BMC Nursing.2025;[Epub]     CrossRef
• Predictors of end-of-life care among emergency nurses: A cross-sectional study in Korea
  Ji Seon Lee, Sook Jung Kang
  Australasian Emergency Care.2025;[Epub]     CrossRef
• Investigation of the effect of nurses’ professional values on their perceptions of good death: a cross-sectional study in Türkiye
  Fatma Aksoy, Sule Biyik Bayram, Aysel Özsaban
  BMC Nursing.2024;[Epub]     CrossRef
• Development and Psychometric Evaluation of the End-of-Life Nursing Competency Scale for Clinical Nurses
  Ji-yeon Kim, Hyun-sun Kim, Mi-jung Kang, Hee-young Oh, Mi-rae Jo
  Healthcare.2024; 12(16): 1580.     CrossRef
• The moderating effect of attitudes in the relationship between knowledge and self-efficacy in palliative care among nurses: A cross-sectional, correlational study
  JinShil Kim, Seongkum Heo, Jisun Yang, Miyeong Kim, SeongHu Park, KyungAh Cho, JungHee Kang, Hani Yi, Minjeong An, Jeong-Ah Ahn
  PLOS ONE.2023; 18(10): e0292135.     CrossRef
• StructuralEquation Model of End-of-Life Nursing Performance of Home Visiting Nurses
  Sukhee Kim, Soongnang Jang
  Journal of Korean Academy of psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing.2023; 32(2): 124.     CrossRef
• Factors associated with attitudes toward advance directives in nurses and comparisons of the levels between emergency nurses and palliative care nurses
  Jisun Yang, Hee Jung Kim, Seongkum Heo, Minjeong An, SeongHu Park, Songthip Ounpraseuth, JinShil Kim
  Japan Journal of Nursing Science.2023;[Epub]     CrossRef
• Education needs for clinical nursing practice using an Importance-Performance Analysis and Borich needs assessment model: Focused on nurses in the general wards of a tertiary hospital
  Mira Lee, Jiyoung Kim, Boyeon Kim, Yooyun Park, Jiyoo Han, Seunghee Lee, Hyunju Lee
  The Journal of Korean Academic Society of Nursing Education.2023; 29(2): 124.     CrossRef
• Knowledge, Experience, and Attitudes of Nurses at Long-Term Care Hospitals regarding Advance Directives
  Go Eun Park, Nae Young Lee
  The Korean Journal of Hospice and Palliative Care.2022; 25(4): 139.     CrossRef
• Trends in Nursing Research on Life-Sustaining Treatment in South Korea after the Enforcement of the Act on Decisions on Life-Sustaining Treatment
  Jun-Hwa Choi, Eun-Suk Choi
  The Korean Journal of Hospice and Palliative Care.2022; 25(1): 25.     CrossRef
• Nurses' views and applications on palliative care
  Diğdem Lafci, Ebru Yildiz, Seda Pehlivan
  Perspectives in Psychiatric Care.2021; 57(3): 1340.     CrossRef
• Effects of Awareness of Good Death and End-of-Life Care Attitudes on End-of-Life Care Performance in Long-Term Care Hospital Nurses
  Sun-Hee Kim, Eun-Young Kim
  The Korean Journal of Hospice and Palliative Care.2021; 24(1): 26.     CrossRef
• Family's Perception of Proxy Decision Making to Authorize Do Not Resuscitate Order of Elderly Patients in Long Term Care Facility: A Q-Methodological Study
  Hyeon Jin Cho, Jiyeon Kang
  Journal of Korean Academy of Nursing.2021; 51(1): 15.     CrossRef
• Nurses' Experiences of End-of-life Care for Elderly Patients in Long-term Care Hospitals
  Chun Yee Lee, Ga Eon Lee
  Journal of Korean Academy of Community Health Nursing.2020; 31(2): 199.     CrossRef
• The Relationship among Attitudes toward the Withdrawal of Life-sustaining Treatment, Death Anxiety, and Death Acceptance among Hospitalized Elderly Cancer Patients
  YeonMi Seo, Sujin Shin
  Asian Oncology Nursing.2019; 19(3): 142.     CrossRef
• The Effect of Nurses’ Compassion Competence on Performance of Terminal Care in Geriatric Hospitals
  Young Hye An, Soon Rim Suh
  Journal of Health Informatics and Statistics.2019; 44(3): 253.     CrossRef
• The Impact of Nursing Hospital Workers’ Hospice·Palliative Care Knowledge and Awareness, End-of-Life Care Attitude and Death Awareness on Their End-of-Life Care Performance
  Meera Park, Nam Joo Je
  The Korean Journal of Hospice and Palliative Care.2018; 21(4): 124.     CrossRef

PURPOSE
Purpose of the study was to identify the effect of the Comprehensive Education Program (CEP) on intraprocedure anxiety, post-procedure uncertainty and athletic performance of back strengthening of patients undergo spinal nerve block (SNB).
METHODS
The participants (experimental group=33, control group=33) were recruited from a university hospital in G metropolitan city. Data were collected from July to November 2015. The experimental group was individually provided with a booklet/motion picture about the SNB and back strengthening exercise training before the SNB. This group also received a leaflet about back strengthening exercise post SNB. The Anxiety-Visual Analog Scale (A-VAS), the Mishel adapted uncertainty scale and newly created knowledge scale/athletic performance checklist were utilized as our study tools.
RESULTS
Intra-procedure anxiety score (F=25.70, p<.001), post-procedure uncertainty score (F=82.56, p<.001), post-procedure knowledge score (F=14.63, p<.001) and athletic performance rate of back strengthening (p=.003) of the experimental group showed statistically significant differences in comparison with the control group.
CONCLUSION
This CEP is a cost and time-effective intervention for patients who undergo spinal injections, so it should be actively utilized as an educational management strategy in outpatient.

Citations

• Development and Effectiveness of Emergency Medical Service Guidance Video
  Eun Joo Lee, Mi Young Choi, Kyung Mi Kim, Eun Jin Kim
  Quality Improvement in Health Care.2025; 31(1): 88.     CrossRef
• Effects of a Video-based Education Program for Cerebral Angiography on Patients’ Outcomes: A Randomized Controlled Trial
  Sung-Hyun Tark, Jee-In Hwang
  Quality Improvement in Health Care.2024; 30(1): 76.     CrossRef
• Effects of Video-Based Information Provision Using a Smart Pad on Patients Undergoing Bone Marrow Biopsy
  Seung Hee Lee, Chul-Gyu Kim, Hye Sook Han, Jihyun Kwon, So Youen Roh, Beom Jin Shin
  Clinical Nursing Research.2021; 30(6): 724.     CrossRef
• The Effects of Repeated Information using Visual and Video-Audio Media on Uncertainty and Anxiety in Patients undergoing Thyroidectomy
  Hyeon-Ok Lee, Ji-Yeong Seo
  Asian Oncology Nursing.2020; 20(2): 92.     CrossRef
• Stress and Dietary Behavior by Acculturation Level among Chinese Students Living in Korea
  Jiesi Wang, Young-Eun Kang, Sim-Yeol Lee
  Journal of the East Asian Society of Dietary Life.2019; 29(1): 42.     CrossRef
• Impediment in Activity of Daily Living and Social Support for Rural Elderly Farmers Undergoing Nerve Block due to Low Back Pain
  In Young Choi, Moon Sook Hwang
  Journal of Korean Academy of Community Health Nursing.2019; 30(2): 206.     CrossRef
• Effects of Video-centered Nursing Education Program on Anxiety, Uncertainty, and Self-care among Cataract Surgery Patients
  Hyang Hee Jeon, Soo Jin Lee
  Korean Journal of Adult Nursing.2018; 30(5): 482.     CrossRef

PURPOSE
To identify the risk factors for suicidal ideation across the life cycle among Korean adults using data from 2015 Korean Psycho-social Anxiety Survey.
METHODS
The data were statistically analyzed using hierarchical logistic regression analysis.
RESULTS
The factors associated with suicidal ideation among the young adult group were education level (odds ratio [OR] 1.62, 95% confidence interval [CI] 1.05~2.49), self-esteem (OR 1.19, 95% CI 1.12~1.27), stress (OR 3.26, 95% CI 2.07~5.15), anger control problems (OR 3.58, 95% CI 2.34~5.50), and depression (OR 2.59, 95% CI 1.66~4.04) whereas among the middle-aged adults the factors were education level (OR 1.58, 95% CI 1.12~2.23), existence of a spouse (OR 2.55, 95% CI 1.72~3.78), self-esteem(OR 1.13, 95% CI 1.08~1.18), stress (OR 2.46, 95% CI 1.81~3.33), anger control problems (OR 1.70, 95% CI 1.22~2.36), and depression (OR 2.64, 95% CI 1.91~3.64). Among the older adult group the findings were the existence of a spouse (OR 2.16, 95% CI 1.37~3.39), self-esteem(OR 1.22, 95% CI 1.13~1.32), stress (OR 2.21, 95% CI 1.38~3.54), anxiety (OR 2.42, 95% CI 1.46~4.02), and depression (OR 2.48, 95% CI 1.30~4.72).
CONCLUSION
The findings suggest that there may be a need for different suicide intervention programs to decrease suicidal ideation across the life cycle.

Citations

• Factors Influencing Suicidal Ideation among Korean Workers
  Myeong Hwa Lee, Eun Suk Choi
  Research in Community and Public Health Nursing.2025; 36: 179.     CrossRef
• The Relationship Between Social Anxiety Symptoms, Suicidal Ideation, and Loneliness: The Mediating Role of Dissociative Experiences
  Zahra Naderi Asl, Akram Ghorbali, Hojjatollah Farahani
  Iranian Journal of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences.2025;[Epub]     CrossRef
• Factors Influencing Suicidal Ideation in Generation Z: Using Data from the 2022 Community Health Survey
  Hye Jung Jun, Jun Hee Jang
  Journal of Korean Public Health Nursing.2024; 38(2): 164.     CrossRef
• Factors Related to Health-Related Quality of Life across the Life Cycle in One-Person Households among Korean Adults
  Myung-Ock Chae
  Research in Community and Public Health Nursing.2024; 35: 125.     CrossRef
• An Analysis of Factors Influencing the Perception of Stress among Residents in Gyeongsangnam-do in COVID-19
  Jong Ho Park, Hee-Weon Lee, Ji Hye Kim
  Journal of Health Informatics and Statistics.2022; 47(4): 312.     CrossRef
• Comparison of Stroke Knowledge, Health Beliefs, and Stroke Prevention Behavior between Early and Middle-Aged Adults
  Eun Ko
  STRESS.2022; 30(2): 98.     CrossRef
• The Role of Motivation Systems, Anxiety, and Low Self-Control in Smartphone Addiction among Smartphone-Based Social Networking Service (SNS) Users
  Min-Jung Kwak, Hyun Cho, Dai-Jin Kim
  International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health.2022; 19(11): 6918.     CrossRef
• Suicidal ideation of immigrant women in Korea
  Hyemee Kim, Taeyeon Kwon
  Korean Journal of Health Education and Promotion.2021; 38(2): 29.     CrossRef
• Analysis of risk factors affecting suicidal ideation in South Korea by life cycle stage
  Ji-Young Hwang, Il-Su Park
  Osong Public Health and Research Perspectives.2021; 12(5): 314.     CrossRef
• Influence of the Meaning in Life, Depression, and Social Support on the Suicidal Ideation of Old Adult Hemodialysis Patients
  Jinhee Shin, Hyebeen Sim, Eunhee Cho
  Journal of Korean Academy of Community Health Nursing.2020; 31(3): 279.     CrossRef
• Gender Differences of Affecting Factors on the Anxiety among the Eco-generation
  Min-Jeong Park, Sujin Shin, Jeonghyun Kim
  Journal of Health Informatics and Statistics.2019; 44(1): 22.     CrossRef
• Perceived discrimination and suicidal ideation of Korean adults with disability: Examining the mediating role of depressive symptoms
  Seojin Won, Hyemee Kim
  Korean Journal of Health Education and Promotion.2019; 36(2): 65.     CrossRef

PURPOSE
The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship among sleep quality, heart rate variability (HRV), fatigue, depression, and anxiety reported by Korean adults.
METHODS
A cross-sectional study of 208 adults aged 20~60 years was conducted using a short-term HRV analysis and self-reported questionnaires of Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI), Fatigue Severity Scale, Beck Depression Inventory, and State Trait Anxiety Inventory.
RESULTS
Subjects with good sleep quality (PSQI score≤5) had higher HRV total power (t=2.03, p=.043) and high-frequency (t=2.04, p=.043) with lower fatigue (t=−4.08, p < .001), depressive mood (t=−3.66, p < .001), and trait anxiety (t=−3.84, p < .001) than subjects with poor sleep quality. Poor sleep quality was negatively correlated with HRV total power (r=−.17, p=.016), high-frequency (r=−.14, p=.049), and positively fatigue (r=.39, p < .001), depression (r=.44, p < .001), state anxiety (r=.23, p=.001) and trait anxiety (r=.34, p < .001).
CONCLUSION
The results indicated that sleep quality is correlated with HRV which reflects the activities of the autonomic nerve system, fatigue, depression, and anxiety in adults.

Citations

• Mediating Effect of Sleep Discomfort in the Relationship between Tinnitus Distress and Depression: A Cross-sectional Study
  Woo Joung Joung
  Korean Journal of Adult Nursing.2024; 36(3): 251.     CrossRef
• Explainable predictions of a machine learning model to forecast the postoperative length of stay for severe patients: machine learning model development and evaluation
  Ha Na Cho, Imjin Ahn, Hansle Gwon, Hee Jun Kang, Yunha Kim, Hyeram Seo, Heejung Choi, Minkyoung Kim, Jiye Han, Gaeun Kee, Seohyun Park, Tae Joon Jun, Young-Hak Kim
  BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making.2024;[Epub]     CrossRef
• Seasonal Forest Changes of Color and Temperature: Effects on the Mood and Physiological State of University Students
  Eunjin Kim, Hwayong Lee
  International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health.2023; 20(14): 6338.     CrossRef
• The relationship between stress and sleep quality: The mediating effect of fatigue and dizziness among patients with cardiovascular disease
  Hwan-Cheol Park, Jihyun Oh
  Medicine.2023; 102(20): e33837.     CrossRef
• Changes in the Circadian Rhythm of High-Frequency Heart Rate Variability Associated With Depression
  Deokjong Lee, Changho Han, Hyungjun Kim, Jae-Sun Uhm, Dukyong Yoon, Jin Young Park
  Journal of Korean Medical Science.2023;[Epub]     CrossRef
• Correlations between Sleep Quality and Heart Rate Variability, Tongue Diagnosis, and Korean Medical Questionnaires
  Hyeyoon Shim, Jeong Hwan Park, Sanghun Lee, Hojun Kim
  Journal of Korean Medicine Rehabilitation.2022; 32(1): 73.     CrossRef
• Relationship Between Anxiety and Heart Rate Variability in Elderly Insomnia Patients
  Jin Won Seo, Minjeong Kim, Hyerin Gu, Hyeyeon Jang, Seog Ju Kim
  Chronobiology in Medicine.2022; 4(4): 168.     CrossRef
• Research on Psycological and Physiological Reaction Evaluation According to Temperature and Airflow of Air Conditioning
  Jae-Kyun LEE, Dong-Gyu KIM, Jong-Soo KUM
  JOURNAL OF FISHRIES AND MARINE SCIENCES EDUCATION.2021; 33(2): 388.     CrossRef
• Association Between Age and Sleep Quality: Findings From a Community Health Survey
  Minjung Kim, Yoo-Hyun Um, Tae-Won Kim, Sung-Min Kim, Ho-Jun Seo, Jong-Hyun Jeong, Jihyung Lee, Suhyung Kim, In Hee Cho, Suk-Young Kim, Seung-Chul Hong
  Sleep Medicine Research.2021; 12(2): 155.     CrossRef
• OkenReader: ML-based classification of the reading patterns using an Apple iPad
  V. Anisimov, K. Сhernozatonsky, A. Pikunov, M. Raykhrud, A. Revazov, K. Shedenko, D. Zhigulskaya, S. Zuev
  Procedia Computer Science.2021; 192: 1944.     CrossRef
• Comparative Study on the Measurement and Analysis Methods of Heart Rate Variability in Human Body for Occupants’ Thermal Comfort Evaluation by Considering Physiological Response
  JaeHan Lim
  Journal of the Korean Solar Energy Society.2021; 41(3): 79.     CrossRef
• The Mediating Role of Visual Stimuli From Media Use at Bedtime on Psychological Distress and Fatigue in College Students: Cross-Sectional Study
  Yuan Guan, Wenjie Duan
  JMIR Mental Health.2020; 7(3): e11609.     CrossRef
• Effect of Sleep Quality on Fatigue and Quality of Life : a Sasang Constitutional Medicine Perspective
  Ji-Eun Park, Sujeong Mun, Siwoo Lee
  Journal of Physiology & Pathology in Korean Medicine.2020; 34(1): 37.     CrossRef
• Systematic Review of the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index used for Measuring Sleep Quality among Adults with Trauma Experiences
  Go-Un Kim, Ju Hee Lee
  Korean Journal of Adult Nursing.2019; 31(4): 337.     CrossRef
• Differences of Stress, Sleep Quality and Metabolic Syndrome by Prolonged Fatigue in Early Adulthood
  Bok Nam Seo, Inja Kim
  Korean Journal of Adult Nursing.2019; 31(2): 202.     CrossRef
• Stress, Pain, and Nursing Needs of Surgical Patients under General Anesthesia in the Recovery Room
  Jihyun Jo, Minkyung Gu, Sohyune Sok
  Korean Journal of Adult Nursing.2019; 31(3): 249.     CrossRef
• A longitudinal analysis of the relationships among daytime dysfunction, fatigue, and depression in college students
  Eun-Jung Shim, Hae-lim Noh, Jungmin Yoon, Han sol Mun, Bong-Jin Hahm
  Journal of American College Health.2019; 67(1): 51.     CrossRef

PURPOSE
This study aimed to investigate the influencing factors on self care, respiratory difficulty, sleep impediment, anxiety and depression among patients with neuromuscular disease who are dependent on Home Mechanical Ventilator (HMV).
METHODS
157 patients were recruited through hospital based home nursing care departments and HMV rental centers. Data were collected by questionnaires. The analytic methods were n (%) / M±SD, χ² / t-test or ANOVA and multiple linear regression.
RESULTS
Patients with Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis were more likely to utilize HMV, had shorter periods of morbidity and the most extended daily use of HMV. As for medical equipment, they had ambu-bag (87.2%) and oxygenator (15.4%). Reports of respiratory difficulty and sleep impediment were low. There were no significant difference. In contrast, reported anxiety and depression were high and showed significant difference between non invasive HMV and invasive HMV. Anxiety contributes to respiratory difficulty (t=3.62, p=.002), sleep impediment (t=2.06, p=.042), and depression (t=7.24, p<.001). However, home nursing care exerts a positive influence in reducing anxiety (t=-2.73, p=.008).
CONCLUSION
Anxiety contributes to respiratory difficulty, sleep impediment, and depression. However, those who use home nursing care reported less anxiety. Home nursing care positively impacts patients dependent on HMV as a practical service and available resource.

Citations

• Research Paper: Anxiety, Depression, and Their Related Factors in Patients Admitted to Intensive Care Units
  Shahrokh Yousefzadeh-Chabok, Naema Khodadadi-Hassankiadeh, Alia Saberi, Atefeh Ghanbari Khanghah, Homa Zarrabi, Mohammad Reza Yeganeh, Hamideh Hakimi, Anoush Dehnadi Moghadam
  Caspian Journal of Neurological Sciences.2018; 4(15): 159.     CrossRef

PURPOSE
This study was conducted to examine the effects of music therapy on anxiety, sedation, and stress responses of patients during surgery with spinal anesthesia.
METHODS
A quasi-experimental design with a non-equivalent control group pre-post test was used. There were 55 adults over 19 years of age scheduled for a lower leg surgery with spinal anesthesia: 27 in the treatment group and 28 in the comparison group. Each subject in the treatment group identified their music preference which was used during the period of surgery which usually lasted, 61 minutes. Data were analyzed using chi-square, Fisher's exact test, independent t-test and repeated measured ANOVA.
RESULTS
There were significant reported differences in levels of anxiety, sedation, and stress responses which were measured by plasma cortisol levels, heart rate, and respiratory rate. The findings of all the variables were effectively decreased among those in the treatment group than the comparison group.
CONCLUSION
The preference based music therapy may be useful as a non-pharmacological intervention.

Citations

• The Effect of Reciting the Quran on the Anxiety of Neurosurgery Muslim Candidates
  Nader Salari, Reza Fayzi, Elahe Abdipuor, Hooman Ghasemi, Shamarina Shohaimi, Masoud Mohammadi
  Health Science Reports.2025;[Epub]     CrossRef
• Integrative review of non‐pharmacological intervention and multidimensional evaluation for intraoperative anxiety under spinal anaesthesia
  Kyuhee Lim, Sooah Jung, Heejung Kim
  Journal of Clinical Nursing.2023; 32(9-10): 2114.     CrossRef
• The effects of music intervention on anxiety and stress responses in adults with CHD undergoing cardiac catheterisation
  Ju Ryoung Moon, Jinyoung Song, June Huh, I-Seok Kang, Jung Hawn Kim, Seung Woo Park, Sung-A Chang
  Cardiology in the Young.2023; 33(2): 213.     CrossRef
• The Effect of Visual Information Blocking Nursing Intervention on Stress and Anxiety during Chemoport Insertion in Adult Cancer Patients of Operation Rooms
  Mimi Lee, Wanju Park
  Korean Journal of Adult Nursing.2018; 30(2): 194.     CrossRef

PURPOSE
The objective of this study was to identify factors related to self-care adherence in symptomatic patients with heart failure (HF).
METHODS
Using a cross-sectional design, a convenience sample 209 outpatient clinic patients were recruited at two medical centers. Between October 2011 and August 2012, data were collected using the structured questionnaire. Factors related to self-care adherence were examined using hierarchical multiple regression.
RESULTS
Mean age of participants was 67.71 years and a half of them (53.6%) were female. They showed relatively low self-care adherence with mean scores of 61.88±12.92. Lower self-care adherence was reported in asking for low sodium items, weighing oneself, checking for ankle edema, and exercising for 30 minutes. The overall model significantly explained 23.9% of variance in self-care adherence. Among the predictors, education, New York Heart Association functional classification, and social support were statistically significant in influencing self-care adherence. The variable of negative emotional status such as anxiety and depression were not found to be significant.
CONCLUSION
These findings demonstrate that social support could help self-care adherence among symptomatic patients with HF. Thus, programs targeting self-care adherence in this population should consider the strategies improving social support.

Citations

• An Integrated Literature Review on Cardiac Rehabilitation Program for Patients with Coronary Artery Disease
  Hong-A Lim, Yeoungsuk Song
  Journal of Health Informatics and Statistics.2024; 49(3): 205.     CrossRef
• Self-care model based on the theory of unpleasant symptoms in patients with heart failure
  In-Suk Yang, Younhee Kang
  Applied Nursing Research.2018; 43: 10.     CrossRef

PURPOSE
The purpose of this study was to provide basic data by surveying the literature for the past fifteen years (2001-2015). The focus of the search was death anxiety among the elderly.
METHODS
Sixty-two published works including graduate theses were selected for the Meta-analysis.
RESULTS
Study results showed that variables related to familial factors were the most often cited in the review of the manuscripts as relevant to death anxiety among the elderly. Specifically family support was most important. The other variables reported in the literature review were classified into four other groupings: social, physical, psychological, and demographics. The significant variable in the social grouping was religious activities, health promotion in the physical grouping and ego integrity in the psychological group.
CONCLUSION
This study could provide effect sizes of variables based on materials, which are needed to make an intervention program that is related to death anxiety of the elderly. Since this study identified major variables as significant to death anxiety, several distinctions within these variables can be further studied as these relate to death anxiety.

Citations

• Factors Influencing Death Anxiety among Rural Elderly
  Hyenam Hwang
  Journal of Health Informatics and Statistics.2019; 44(2): 111.     CrossRef
• Factors Influencing Death Anxiety in Community-Dwelling Elderly: Based on the Ecology Theory
  Yeonha Kim, Minju Kim
  The Korean Journal of Hospice and Palliative Care.2019; 22(1): 30.     CrossRef
• Factors Influencing Death Anxiety in Elderly Patients in Long-term Care Hospitals
  Mi Suk Lee, Hee Jung Choi
  Journal of Korean Gerontological Nursing.2016; 18(3): 138.     CrossRef

PURPOSE
The purpose of this study was to compare symptom severity and the impact of presence of depressive and/or anxiety symptoms among patients with head and neck cancer (HNC).
METHODS
One hundred and fifteen patients diagnosed with HNC completed two questionnaires: Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS) and the M. D. Anderson Symptom Inventory-Head and Neck Cancer (MDASI-HN).
RESULTS
Of the total sample, 55.6% reported depressive symptoms and 33% reported anxiety symptoms. Patients who reported either depressive or anxiety symptoms also had significantly more severe symptoms. The most severe symptom was dry mouth. Participants who were depressed reported that interference in the enjoyment of life due to symptoms was the most distressing whereas participants with anxiety reported symptom interference in work was of most concern. Of patients reporting moderate to severe symptoms, more than 60% reported depressive symptoms. Of patients reporting moderate to severe feelings of being distress and feeling sad, more than 70% reported anxiety symptoms.
CONCLUSION
Patients with HNC reporting moderate to severe symptoms also report depressive and/or anxiety symptoms. The results suggest the need to develop an integrated nursing intervention of both physical and emotional symptoms for patients with HNC.

Citations

• A Systematic Review on the Effects of Prophylactic Swallowing Exercise in Patients with Head and Neck Cancer Undergoing Radiotherapy
  Hyeongmin Byun
  The Korean Journal of Rehabilitation Nursing.2024; 27(1): 1.     CrossRef

PURPOSE
This study aimed to examine the relationships among social support(family support, medical team support), hope, anxiety, and depression in patients with hematologic cancers before they received hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) to obtain baseline data for developing a nursing intervention.
METHODS
The participants were 70 adult patients expecting to receive HSCT from 5 university hospitals in Seoul, Gyeonggi-do, and Jeollanam-do regions. A cross-sectional survey was done using standardized instruments for social support (Tae's Family Support Scale and Professional Medical Support Scale), hope (Kim & Lee Hope Scale), anxiety and depression (Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale). The data were analyzed by SPSS/WIN 19.0 program using frequency, percentage, item mean and standard deviation, t-test, ANOVA, and Pearson's correlation coefficient.
RESULTS
Hope was significantly correlated with social support (r=.40, p=.001), anxiety (r=-.40, p<.001) and depression (r=-.58, p<.001). Anxiety was correlated with depression (r=.54, p<.001).
CONCLUSION
The findings of this study show greater social support for patients who expect to receive HSCT is significantly correlated to a higher level of hope, as well as low levels of anxiety and depression. In nursing practice, clinical nurses may develop a nursing intervention to reinforce social support and hope, as well as reduce anxiety and depression for patients preparing for HSCT.

Citations

• Relationship between perceived depression, suicidal ideation, and return to work among cancer survivors in South Korea: A national survey analysis
  Haeryun Cho, Hye Suk Jun
  Asia-Pacific Journal of Oncology Nursing.2025; 12: 100611.     CrossRef
• Construção de protocolo de cuidados de enfermagem à criança no pós-transplante de células-tronco hematopoiéticas
  Jéssica Alline Pereira Rodrigues, Maria Ribeiro Lacerda, Cristina Maria Galvão, Ingrid Meireles Gomes, Marcia Regina Cubas, Ana Paula Pereira Fernandes
  Revista Gaúcha de Enfermagem.2022;[Epub]     CrossRef
• Symptom Experience, Social Support, and Quality of Life in Patients with Hematologic Malignancies Undergoing Chemotherapy
  Ga Eun Kim, Ju-Eun Song, Mi-Ae You, Jin-Hee Park
  Asian Oncology Nursing.2022; 22(1): 29.     CrossRef
• Construction of a nursing care protocol for children in post-hematopoietic stem cell transplantation
  Jéssica Alline Pereira Rodrigues, Maria Ribeiro Lacerda, Cristina Maria Galvão, Ingrid Meireles Gomes, Marcia Regina Cubas, Ana Paula Pereira Fernandes
  Revista Gaúcha de Enfermagem.2022;[Epub]     CrossRef
• Experiences of Unrelated Hematopoietic Stem-cell Donors and Experts of Relevant Institutions
  Soyoung Yu, Miok Kim, Tai-Gyu Kim, Su-Hee Beom
  Korean Journal of Adult Nursing.2019; 31(5): 522.     CrossRef

PURPOSE
The purpose of this study was to examine the effects of health promotion program on healthy aging preparation for late middle aged women.
METHODS
The research design was a non-equivalent control group quasi-experimental study. Participants were recruited from K and Y cities in Gyeong-nam Province from October, 2013 to January, 2014. They were 26 for the experimental group and 31 for the control group. The experimental group participated in a health promotion program for healthy aging preparation. The program consisted of education, exercise, and small group discussion over 8 weeks. Data were analyzed by Chi-square, t-test and ANCOVA, using the PASW 18.0 program.
RESULTS
There were significant improvements in aging anxiety and general self-efficacy, health promoting behaviors in the experimental group compared to those of the control group. However, there was no significant differences in attitude toward older adults between the two groups.
CONCLUSION
The health promotion program on healthy aging preparation for late middle aged women was found to be effective in enhancing aging anxiety and self-efficacy, and health promoting behavior. Thus, the developed program is recommended for use in clinical practice as an effective nursing intervention for late middle aged women in order to keep up with their health in later life.

Citations

• The effect of multiple nursing interventions on physical activity and health promotion in the elderly: A randomized controlled trial
  Zeynep Saçıkara, Dilek Cingil
  Geriatric Nursing.2024; 59: 150.     CrossRef
• Effects of a Walking Exercise-Focused Health Promotion Program for Middle-Aged Women in the Korean Community
  Soojeong Yang, Hyunlye Kim
  International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health.2022; 19(22): 14947.     CrossRef
• Concept Analysis of Health Promotion Activities in the Middle-aged Women
  Jeong-Soo KIM
  JOURNAL OF FISHRIES AND MARINE SCIENCES EDUCATION.2020; 32(5): 1242.     CrossRef
• Effects of aromatherapy on stress, fructosamine, fatigue, and sleep quality in prediabetic middle-aged women: A randomised controlled trial
  Myung-Haeng Hur, Jun Hwa Hong, SeongHee Yeo
  European Journal of Integrative Medicine.2019; 31: 100978.     CrossRef

PURPOSE
This study aimed at understanding the correlation between self-esteem, death anxiety, and spiritual wellbeing in university students.
METHODS
Cross-sectional method was used 671 students in South Korea. This study used the Self-esteem developed by Rosenberg, the Fear of Death Scale revised by Lester and Abdel-Khalek, and Spiritual wellbeing developed by Paloutzian and Ellison.
RESULTS
Relationships between self-esteem, death anxiety, and spiritual wellbeing revealed an inverse correlation between self-esteem and death anxiety, and a direct correlation between self-esteem and spiritual wellbeing.
CONCLUSION
In order for students of establishing identity to lead a healthy life, there is a need for studies aiming at developing, implementing, and evaluating the results of consultation and education programs for maintaining spiritual wellbeing such as psychological counseling and logotherapy at the university or regional community level.

Citations

• THE EFFECT OF SPIRITUALITY ON DEATH-RELATED DEPRESSION, DEATH ANXIETY, AND LONELINESS AMONG YOUNG ADULTS
  Zafer Korkmaz, İlhan Çiçek, Rıdvan Söğüt
  İnönü Üniversitesi Sağlık Hizmetleri Meslek Yüksek Okulu Dergisi.2024; 12(3): 872.     CrossRef
• Spiritual Wellbeing of International Students: A New Zealand Case Study
  Mandeep Bhullar, Qilong Zhang, Ke Jiang
  Journal of Studies in International Education.2024; 28(3): 482.     CrossRef
• Prevalence of death anxiety and its related factors in the population of eastern Iran: a cross-sectional study in the era of COVID-19
  Hossein Bakhtiari-Dovvombaygi, Mohammadreza Askari, Mohammad Rahimkhani, Mahboobeh Abdollahi, Mohammadreza Baladastian, Amir Alipour, Mohammad Namazinia
  Frontiers in Public Health.2024;[Epub]     CrossRef
• Examining nurses’ death anxiety and attitudes toward caring for dying patients: a cross-sectional study in Turkey
  Figen İncİ, Kezban Koraş Sözen
  Psychology, Health & Medicine.2024; 29(8): 1437.     CrossRef
• “Do Not Protect Us, Train Us.”—Swiss Healthcare Students’ Attitudes Toward Caring for Terminally Ill Patients
  Typhaine Maïko Juvet, Marc-Antoine Bornet, Jean-François Desbiens, Diane Tapp, Pauline Roos
  OMEGA - Journal of Death and Dying.2023; 86(4): 1190.     CrossRef
• The Relationship Between Authenticity and Death Anxiety in Cancer Patients
  Faezeh Nazari, Zohreh Khoshnood, Parvin Mangolian Shahrbabaki
  OMEGA - Journal of Death and Dying.2023; 86(3): 966.     CrossRef
• Psychometric Characteristics of the Persian Version of the Revised Fear of Personal Death Scale
  Azadeh Saffarzadeh, Abbas Rahiminezhad, Hadi Bahrami Ehsan, Azam Noferesti, Nazila Shahmansouri, Keyvan Salehi
  Iranian Journal of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences.2023;[Epub]     CrossRef
• How do digital lives affect resident mental health in the digital era? Empirical evidence based on Chinese general social survey
  Yan Chen, Mengyang Wei, Jaime Ortiz
  Frontiers in Public Health.2022;[Epub]     CrossRef
• The relationship between death anxiety and attitudes toward the care of dying patient in nursing students
  Eylem Pasli Gurdogan, Ezgi Kınıcı, Berna Aksoy
  Psychology, Health & Medicine.2019; 24(7): 843.     CrossRef
• Factors Influencing the Death Anxiety of the Elderly Living Alone
  Young-Eun Kwon, Seon-Young Kim
  Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society.2016; 17(3): 262.     CrossRef

PURPOSE
Parkinson's disease (PD) has a high incidence of psychiatric comorbidity, specifically depression and anxiety. This study examined the effectiveness of group cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) in treating depression and anxiety.
METHODS
The study included 42 participants, aged between 52 and 77 years, who were diagnosed with idiopathic Parkinson's disease (IPD) and reported suffering from depression and anxiety. Patients were attending a department of outpatient neurology at D University Schools of Medicine in B Metropolitan city. A structured telephone-administered cognitive behavioral therapy was conducted for eight weeks. A repeated measure ANOVA was used to analyze results at pretest, post-test, and four weeks follow up.
RESULTS
According to service method, there were significant differences between the two groups in depression, anxiety and stigma was significant difference between time (p<.05). Analysis of the interaction between time and service method revealed significant differences in depression and anxiety (p<.05).
CONCLUSION
The results suggest that telephoneadministered cognitive behavioral therapy may be effective and may provide opportunity to adapt to individual needs for treating depression and anxiety in patients with Parkinson's disease.

Citations

• Efficacy of cognitive behavioral therapy for anxiety and depression in Parkinson’s disease patients: an updated systematic review and meta-analysis
  Asmaa Zakria Alnajjar, Moaz Elsayed Abouelmagd, Abdulrahman Krayim, Maickel AbdelMeseh, Nagham Bushara, Yehia Nabil
  Neurological Sciences.2024; 45(11): 5277.     CrossRef
• Effects of Task-Based LSVT-BIG Intervention on Hand Function, Activity of Daily Living, Psychological Function, and Quality of Life in Parkinson’s Disease: A Randomized Control Trial
  YoungSeok Choi, DeokJu Kim, Kuan Lin Chen
  Occupational Therapy International.2022; 2022: 1.     CrossRef
• Concept Analysis of Self-stigma in Patients with Tuberculosis
  Seonmi Yeom, Jeong Hee Kang, Youngran Yang
  Journal of Korean Academy of Community Health Nursing.2021; 32(3): 312.     CrossRef
• Non-pharmacological treatment for Parkinson disease patients with depression: a meta-analysis of repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation and cognitive-behavioral treatment
  Jianing Chen, Peikun He, Yuhu Zhang, Yuyuan Gao, Yihui Qiu, You Li, Qingxi Zhang, Limin Wang, Zhiheng Huang, Jiehao Zhao, Kun Nie, Lijuan Wang
  International Journal of Neuroscience.2021; 131(4): 411.     CrossRef
• Personalized Telemedicine for Depression in Parkinson’s Disease: A Pilot Trial
  Roseanne D. Dobkin, Alejandro Interian, John Logan Durland, Michael A. Gara, Matthew A. Menza
  Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry and Neurology.2018; 31(4): 171.     CrossRef
• Factors that affect Chronic Illness Anticipated Stigma(CIAS) in patients with Parkinson's disease
  Mi-Jung Kim, Eun-Sook Bae
  Korean Journal of Health Education and Promotion.2015; 32(3): 121.     CrossRef

PURPOSE
The aim of this study was to explore the factors contributing to death anxiety among elders through family support, ageism experience, loneliness and helplessness.
METHODS
The participants were 155 elders who lived in S city. The data were collected through a self-reported questionnaire in elders over age 65. In addition, their levels of death anxiety, family support, ageism experience, loneliness, helplessness and death anxiety were measured using a likert scale Data analysis using a t-test, one-way ANOVA, Pearson correlation and multiple regression analysis with the SPSS 20 program.
RESULTS
Significant differences were found in the levels of perceived death anxiety between the variables affecting death anxiety in elders. Pearson's Correlation were found family support (p<.001), ageism experience (p<.001), loneliness (p<.001) and helplessness (p<.001) with death anxiety.
CONCLUSION
It is concluded that such variables should be considered for decreasing death anxiety by family support, ageism experience, loneliness and helplessness in elders.

Citations

• Meaning of Work, Ageism Experience, Social Exclusion, and Quality of Life in Working Older Adults
  Ju Young Park
  Journal of Gerontological Nursing.2025; 51(5): 46.     CrossRef
• Factors associated with attitudes toward death and dying in the second half of life: A scoping review
  Alana Officer, Matthew Prina, Andreea Badache, Barbara Broers, Sam Gnanapragasam, Sophie Pautex
  Death Studies.2024; : 1.     CrossRef
• YAŞLILARDA ÖLÜM KAYGISI İLE HASTALIK ÖZELLİKLERİ, YALNIZLIK VE SOSYAL DESTEK ARASINDAKİ İLİŞKİLER
  Serpil GÜNDOĞAN, Aysun BABACAN GÜMÜŞ
  STED / Sürekli Tıp Eğitimi Dergisi.2023;[Epub]     CrossRef
• Controversies in terror management theory research and its implications for research on the psychology of death
  Xianghan MENG, Qiang LI, Yanbang ZHOU, Jin WANG
  Advances in Psychological Science.2021; 29(3): 492.     CrossRef
• Factors Influencing Death Anxiety among Rural Elderly
  Hyenam Hwang
  Journal of Health Informatics and Statistics.2019; 44(2): 111.     CrossRef
• Factors Influencing Death Anxiety in Community-Dwelling Elderly: Based on the Ecology Theory
  Yeonha Kim, Minju Kim
  The Korean Journal of Hospice and Palliative Care.2019; 22(1): 30.     CrossRef
• Factors Influencing Death Anxiety in Elderly Patients in Long-term Care Hospitals
  Mi Suk Lee, Hee Jung Choi
  Journal of Korean Gerontological Nursing.2016; 18(3): 138.     CrossRef

PURPOSE
The purpose of this study was to examine the effects of a simulation-based educational program on anxiety and discomfort in patients with early stage of stomach cancer or stomach adenoma undergoing gastroendoscopic surgery.
METHODS
The study employed a non-equivalence control group and non-synchronized design to prevent diffusion of treatment. Data were collected from 110 patients (experimental group=55, control group=55) admitted to a department of gastroenterology to undergo gastroendoscopic surgery for early stage of stomach cancer or stomach adenoma. The program was conducted as a 30-minute simulation-based education including 12 processes which patients would experience. Outcome variables were state anxiety, objective discomfort, and subjective discomfort.
RESULTS
The scores of state anxiety in the experimental group significantly decreased over time compared to those in the control group. The scores of objective and subjective discomfort after surgery in the experimental group were significantly lower than those in the control group.
CONCLUSION
The study findings suggested that the simulation-based educational program making a person feel sense of real experiences could reduce anxiety and discomfort in gastroendoscopic surgery patients.

Citations

• Effects of Video Assisted Education Using Smartphone on Bowel Preparation for Colonoscopy
  Choi Mi-Hee, Song Jun-Ah
  Journal of Korean Academy of Fundamentals of Nursing.2017; 24(1): 60.     CrossRef
• The Effect of Nursing Information on Anxiety and Uncertainty in Patients for Endoscopic Submucosal Dissection before the procedure of the patients
  Eun-Jung Shin, Young-Sook Lee
  Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society.2016; 17(2): 66.     CrossRef
• The Effects of Supportive Nursing Intervention Using Video-Program of Operating Room Nurses before Operation on Laparoscopic Hysterectomy Patient's Anxiety
  Yong-Sook Eo, Nae-Young Lee, Ji-Won Lee, Hyeon-Jun Cha
  Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society.2015; 16(4): 2639.     CrossRef
• The Effect of Hand Holding and Nei-Guan Acupressure on Anxiety and Pain under Local Anesthetic Patients during Surgery
  Sun Hee Park, Hee Jung Jang
  The Journal of the Korea Contents Association.2014; 14(11): 378.     CrossRef

PURPOSE
The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of a structured preoperative instruction upon anxiety and postoperative self-care compliance.
METHODS
A randomized control group pre-post design was used. Sixty subjects undergoing cataract surgery were randomly assigned to one of two groups. The instruction consisted of cataract surgery procedure, sensory information, deep breathing, use of eye drop, and post op self-care regimen and was provided to the experimental group with control group receiving an usual treatment. State anxiety NRS, pulse, BP, and self-care compliance scale developed by Cho&Rho were used. Data were collected at two time periods: on the day of surgery in the clinic and prior to anesthesia in the operating room. The postoperative self-care compliance scores were measured at their second visits to the hospital after surgery. Data were analyzed using Kolmogorov Smirnov test, t-test, and Mann-Whitney U test.
RESULTS
There were significant differences between the two groups in the postoperative state anxiety (t=-3.57, p=.001) and the postoperative self-care compliance score (t=3.92, p<.001). There were no significant difference between the two groups in the postoperative blood pressure and pulse rate.
CONCLUSION
The results of this study suggest that the structured preoperative instruction could be a nursing intervention for cataract surgery patients.

Citations

• Effects of Video-Based Information Provision Using a Smart Pad on Patients Undergoing Bone Marrow Biopsy
  Seung Hee Lee, Chul-Gyu Kim, Hye Sook Han, Jihyun Kwon, So Youen Roh, Beom Jin Shin
  Clinical Nursing Research.2021; 30(6): 724.     CrossRef
• The Effect of Pre-operative Information through Audiovisual Media on Self-Care Knowledge, Self-Efficacy, and State Anxiety of Patients before Bariatric Surgery
  Ho Im Lee, Jung Suk Park
  Korean Journal of Adult Nursing.2020; 32(4): 421.     CrossRef
• Effects of Video-centered Nursing Education Program on Anxiety, Uncertainty, and Self-care among Cataract Surgery Patients
  Hyang Hee Jeon, Soo Jin Lee
  Korean Journal of Adult Nursing.2018; 30(5): 482.     CrossRef
• Effects of the Provision of Information on Anxiety in Patients during Outpatient Surgery: A Systematic Review
  Ae-Ri Jung, In-Sook Lee
  Perspectives in Nursing Science.2016; 13(1): 48.     CrossRef
• Effect of Music Therapy on Vital Signs, Anxiety, Cortisol and Pain of Cataract Surgery Patients in Elderly
  Jung-Hae Park, Kwang-Hi Park
  Journal of Digital Convergence.2015; 13(8): 549.     CrossRef
• Effect of Structured Information on Immediate Preoperative Anxiety and Uncertainty for Women Undergoing Laparoscopic Hysterectomy
  Youn Hee Cho, Nami Chun
  Korean Journal of Women Health Nursing.2015; 21(4): 321.     CrossRef
• Effects of handholding and providing information on anxiety in patients undergoing percutaneous vertebroplasty
  Bong‐Hee Kim, Hee‐Young Kang, Eun‐Young Choi
  Journal of Clinical Nursing.2015; 24(23-24): 3459.     CrossRef

PURPOSE
The purpose of this study was to identify aging anxiety and influencing factors of middle-aged adults.
METHODS
Descriptive correlation design was used. Three hundred and three middle-aged adults participated in the study and completed the questionnaires in the period from September 11 to October 15 of 2011. The data was analyzed using independent t-test, one-way ANOVA, Scheffe test, Pearson correlation coefficients, and hierarchial multiple regression analysis.
RESULTS
Aging anxiety of middle-aged adults was higher than a moderate level. Socio-demographic variables such as age, religion, education, economic level, perceived health status and experience of living with older adults influenced significantly on aging anxiety. In contrast, general self-efficacy, aging knowledge and attitude toward older adults were negatively correlated with aging anxiety. Hierarchial multiple regression analysis incorporating these variables showed an explanation rate of aging anxiety at 21%. And religion, perceived health status, attitude toward older adults, and general self-efficacy were statistically significant among variables that influence on aging anxiety.
CONCLUSION
The findings of this study suggest that senior preparation programs that can enhance self-efficacy, induce positive attitude on older adults and promote health should be implemented to reduce aging anxiety of middle-aged adults.

Citations

• 중년 여성의 행복감과 삶의 의미가 노화 불안에 미치는 영향*
  성민 전, 정윤 박
  Journal of Family Relations.2025; 29(4): 49.     CrossRef
• Yaşlı Bireylere Bakım Verenlerde Yaşlılık Dönemi Korkusu ve Ölüm Kaygısı
  Kübra Sarı, Merve Çayır Yılmaz
  Geriatrik Bilimler Dergisi.2025; 8(1): 10.     CrossRef
• Aging is inevitable: understanding aging anxiety related to physical symptomology and quality of life with the mediating role of self-esteem in adults
  Rowaida Yawar, Soulat Khan, Maryam Rafiq, Nimra Fawad, Sundas Shams, Saher Navid, Muhammad Abdullah Khan, Nabiha Taufiq, Areesha Touqir, Moazma Imran, Tayyab Ali Butt
  International Journal of Human Rights in Healthcare.2024; 17(2): 170.     CrossRef
• Association between Menopausal Women’s Quality of Life and Aging Anxiety: The Role of Life Satisfaction and Depression
  Seunghee Lee, Mijung Jang, Dohhee Kim, KyooSang Kim
  Medicina.2024; 60(8): 1189.     CrossRef
• Evaluating Eye Health and Interest in Eye Health Care of Middle-Aged Adults
  Myoung-Hee Lee, Ka-Ul Choi, Se-Jin Kim
  Journal of Korean Ophthalmic Optics Society.2023; 28(2): 83.     CrossRef
• Aging anxiety and beliefs about exercise in middle-aged women
  Nedim TEKİN, Adeviye AYDIN
  Turkish Journal of Kinesiology.2023; 9(3): 214.     CrossRef
• The health status, aging anxiety, social networking, generativity, and happiness of late middle-aged adults
  Hae Kyung Chang
  The Journal of Korean Academic Society of Nursing Education.2021; 27(4): 392.     CrossRef
• The Effects of Climacteric Symptom Cognition, Self-efficacy on Aging Anxiety in Middle-Aged Couples: Actor and Partner Interdependence Mediation Model
  Yeon-Suk Kim, Myung-Haeng Hur
  Korean Journal of Adult Nursing.2021; 33(3): 247.     CrossRef
• Development of an Aging Anxiety Scale for Middle-Aged Women
  Haejin Lee, Mi-Ae You
  Journal of Korean Academy of Nursing.2019; 49(1): 14.     CrossRef
• The Effects of Social support, Self-efficacy and Perceived health status on Aging anxiety of the Middle-aged women
  Young-Ok Jung, Hyo-Sook Oh
  Journal of Korean Public Health Nursing.2016; 30(1): 30.     CrossRef
• Aging Anxiety, Factors of Successful Aging and Preparation for Aging in Early and Late Middle Age
  Kum-Hee Hong, Ju-Young Ha
  Journal of Korean Public Health Nursing.2015; 29(1): 29.     CrossRef
• Influences on the Aging Anxiety of University Students
  Suk-Jung Han, Hyo-Sun Kim
  Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society.2015; 16(2): 1164.     CrossRef

PURPOSE
This study was conducted to identify the effects of video-audio information provision on physical discomfort, anxiety and nursing satisfaction of the clients for gastroscopy.
METHODS
The study design was nonequivalent control group pre-post test design. The subjects were 50 patients who visited H hospital health examination center for gastroscopy. Video-audio information developed by the authors was used as educational material for the treatment group. The data were collected between September 15 and November 15, 2010. The study instruments were the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory, the Physical Discomfort Scale, and the Nursing Satisfaction Scale.
RESULTS
The level of anxiety and physical discomfort in the treatment group were not significantly different from that in the comparison group (t=-0.28, p=.781; t=-0.34, p=.741). The level of clients' satisfaction with nursing care in the treatment group was significantly higher than in the comparison group (t=-4.12, p<.001).
CONCLUSION
Use of video-audio information was effective in the increase in satisfaction with care. Therefore, it could be useful in the nursing practice, and be utilized as a way of nursing intervention to improve nursing satisfaction.

PURPOSE
The purpose of this study was to investigate the level of resilience, family support, anxiety and depression in patients with hematologic malignancy, and to determine modifiable psychosocial factors that affect their resilience.
METHODS
Data were collected from 104 patients undergoing curative therapy at 'S' hospital in Seoul. The data were collected from April to May, 2012. The questionnaires included Korean Version of Connor-Davidson Resilience Scale, Family Support Scale and Hospital Anxiety-Depression Scale. The data were analyzed using descriptive statistics, t-test, ANOVA, Pearson correlation and stepwise multiple regression.
RESULTS
Resilience had statistically significant correlation with family support (r=.43, p<.001), anxiety (r=-.49, p<.001) and depression (r=-.52, p<.001). Factors influencing resilience were depression, family support, anxiety and time since diagnosis with R-sq. value of 36%.
CONCLUSION
The results of the study show that family support, anxiety and depression have important influences on resilience of patients with hematologic malignancy. Thus, family support needs to be reinforced when developing and implementing nursing intervention, and nurses need to intervene to reduce anxiety and depression of patients with hematologic malignancy.

Citations

• Comparative Analysis of Chemotherapy‐Induced Oral Mucositis, Nutritional Status, and Depression in Patients With Acute Leukemia
  Juhee Song, Hannah Yu, Eunjung Ryu, Liren Qian
  European Journal of Cancer Care.2025;[Epub]     CrossRef
• Factors associated with meaning in life of patients with multiple myeloma in Korea
  Yoorin Cho, Yangsook Yoo
  Psychology, Health & Medicine.2025; : 1.     CrossRef
• Factors Influencing Resilience in Patients with Multiple Myeloma: A Cross-Sectional Study
  Hae-Lyeon Jeon, Hye-Ah Yeom
  Korean Journal of Adult Nursing.2024; 36(1): 41.     CrossRef
• The effects of self-efficacy, a health-promoting lifestyle, and social support on resilience of patients receiving percutaneous coronary intervention: A descriptive survey study
  Su-Jin Kim, Jeong-soo Kim
  Journal of Korean Gerontological Nursing.2024; 26(4): 403.     CrossRef
• Effects of Family Support and Health Promotion Behaviors on Quality of Life of Cancer Patients after Gastrectomy
  Eun Hee Yang, Jeong Hee Kang
  Asian Oncology Nursing.2024; 24(4): 196.     CrossRef
• Factors Affecting the Well-dying Awareness of Lung Cancer Survivors
  Dong Sim Choi, Gie Ok Noh
  Asian Oncology Nursing.2023; 23(4): 225.     CrossRef
• Participation and Influencing Factors in the Decision-Making of Life-Sustaining Treatment: A Focus on Deceased Patients with Hematologic Neoplasms
  Jae Eun Jang, Jeong Moon Ryu, Min Hee Heo, Do Eun Kwon, Ji Yeon Seo, Dong Yeon Kim
  The Korean Journal of Hospice and Palliative Care.2023; 26(2): 69.     CrossRef
• Comparing Perceptions, Determinants, and Needs of Patients, Family Members, Nurses, and Physicians When Making Life-Sustaining Treatment Decisions for Patients with Hematologic Malignancies
  Semi Kim, Eun Hye Ham, Dong Yeon Kim, Seung Nam Jang, Min kyeong Kim, Hyun Ah Choi, Yun A Cho, Seung A Lee, R.N. Min Jeong Yun
  The Korean Journal of Hospice and Palliative Care.2022; 25(1): 12.     CrossRef
• Factors Affecting Intensive Care Unit Nurses’ Care Burden of Patients with Hematologic Neoplasm
  Jiwon Lee, Da Seul Jeong, Hyunji Jeon, Jin Hee Kim, Dong Yeon Kim
  Asian Oncology Nursing.2022; 22(4): 235.     CrossRef
• Influence of anxiety and resilience on depression among hospital nurses: A comparison of nurses working with confirmed and suspected patients in the COVID‐19 and non‐COVID‐19 units
  Eun‐Young Doo, Miyoung Kim, Soyoung Lee, Su Young Lee, Ka Young Lee
  Journal of Clinical Nursing.2021; 30(13-14): 1990.     CrossRef
• Structure Equation Modeling for Resilience in Patients with Breast Cancer
  Dong Rim Hyun, So Yeun Jun, Chang Wan Jun, Sue Kyung Sohn
  Korean Journal of Adult Nursing.2021; 33(2): 87.     CrossRef
• Health Related Quality of Life among Blood Cancer Patients in Pakistan: A Cross Sectional Survey
  Madeeha Malik, Ifrah Rizwan, Azhar Hussain
  INQUIRY: The Journal of Health Care Organization, Provision, and Financing.2021;[Epub]     CrossRef
• Relationship between Self-efficacy and Resilience among Patients with Colorectal Cancer with Stoma: Mediating Effects of Family Support and Medical Staff Support
  Mi Na Yun, Kyoung Mi Kim
  Korean Journal of Adult Nursing.2020; 32(6): 599.     CrossRef
• Examining the Relative Influences of the Risk Factors and Protective Factors That Affect Firefighter Resilience
  Yunjo Song, Jung Hee Ha, Juliet Jue
  Sage Open.2020;[Epub]     CrossRef
• Resilience in Koreans With Cancer
  Shin-Young Lee, Haeok Lee, Jacqueline Fawcett, Jeong-Hwan Park
  Journal of Hospice & Palliative Nursing.2019; 21(5): 358.     CrossRef
• Factors influencing quality of life in patients with multiple myeloma
  Hee-Young Kang, Eun-Young Choi
  Contemporary Nurse.2019; 55(2-3): 109.     CrossRef
• Symptom Distress and Depression in Patients with Recurrent Gynecologic Cancer Undergoing Chemotherapy: Mediating Effect of Resilience
  Eun Jung Yang, Ho Sihn Ryu
  Korean Journal of Adult Nursing.2019; 31(1): 28.     CrossRef
• Resilience as a Moderator and Mediator of the Relationship between Symptom Experience and Quality of Life in Hemodialysis Patients
  Yeon Hee Cho, Yun Mi Lee
  Korean Journal of Adult Nursing.2019; 31(1): 68.     CrossRef
• Effects of Mobile Navigation Program in Colorectal Cancer Patients based on Uncertainty Theory
  Kyengjin Kim, Wanju Park
  Journal of Korean Academy of Nursing.2019; 49(3): 274.     CrossRef
• Factors Influencing Resilience in Hospitalized Patients with Stroke
  Jong Kyung Lee, Ji Yeong Yun
  Korean Journal of Adult Nursing.2018; 30(4): 385.     CrossRef
• Factors Influencing Resilience of Burn Patients in South Korea
  Mi Heui Jang, Jongui Park, Mi Kyong Chong, Sohyune R. Sok
  Journal of Nursing Scholarship.2017; 49(5): 478.     CrossRef
• Factors Influencing on Resilience of Elderly Gastric Cancer Patients
  Mi-Seon Bang, Ji-Hyun Lee
  Asian Oncology Nursing.2017; 17(3): 170.     CrossRef
• Factors Influencing Quality of Sleep among Patients with Colorectal Cancer Receiving Chemotherapy
  Hee Soon Jang, Eun Ok Choi
  Asian Oncology Nursing.2016; 16(2): 103.     CrossRef
• Effects of a Navigation Program for Patients with Newly Diagnosed Gastric Cancer: A Randomized Controlled Trial
  Yeon Seo Hong, Jeong Yun Park, So Hee Kim, Sun A Kim, Yeon Hee Kim
  Asian Oncology Nursing.2016; 16(3): 132.     CrossRef
• The Structural Equation Model on Resilience of Breast Cancer Patients Receiving Chemotherapy
  Jeong Ha Yang, Ok Soo Kim
  Journal of Korean Academy of Nursing.2016; 46(3): 327.     CrossRef
• The Relationships among Social Support, Hope, Anxiety, and Depression in Patients Expecting to Receive Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation
  Ka Ryeong Bae, Sue Kim
  Korean Journal of Adult Nursing.2016; 28(1): 30.     CrossRef
• Effects of the Symptoms, Anxiety, and Depression on the Quality of Sleep of Benign Prostate Hyperplasia Patients
  Na-Rae Lee, Kyung-Hee Kim, Yeun-Hee Kwak, Yoon-Jung Kim
  The Journal of the Korea Contents Association.2015; 15(1): 338.     CrossRef
• A study on the effect of self bedside exercise program on resilience and activities of daily living for patients with hemiplegia
  Yang-Chool Lee, Eun-Surk Yi, Won-Ho Choi, Byung-Mun Lee, Sung-Bo Cho, Ji-Youn Kim
  Journal of Exercise Rehabilitation.2015; 11(1): 30.     CrossRef
• Resilience and Related Factors for Patients with Breast Cancer
  Eunmi Kim, Sanghee Kim, Sue Kim, Yoonju Lee
  Asian Oncology Nursing.2015; 15(4): 193.     CrossRef
• The Effectiveness of a Forest-experience-integration Intervention for Community Dwelling Cancer Patients' Depression and Resilience
  Yeon Hee Choi, Young Sun Ha
  Journal of Korean Academy of Community Health Nursing.2014; 25(2): 109.     CrossRef

PURPOSE
The purpose of the study was to identify the levels of anxiety, depression and uncertainty of patients who participated in the clinical trials for anticancer drug, and to identify correlations among these variables.
METHODS
Cross-sectional survey used the Symptom Check List-90-Revision and the Mishel Uncertainty in Illness Scale from 106 subjects in 2011. The data were analyzed using descriptive statistics, t-test, ANOVA, Pearson correlation coefficients.
RESULTS
The mean score of anxiety was 2.06, that of depression 2.35, and that of uncertainty 2.61. Anxiety and depression (r=.70), anxiety and uncertainty (r=.44), depression and uncertainty (r=.60) were significantly correlated each other. The levels of anxiety, depression and uncertainty were different in various characteristics of the subjects, such as education, recurrence, and economic burden.
CONCLUSION
The results of the study indicate that when implementing psychosocial interventions for cancer patients who participate in clinical trial, factors such as education, economic burden, and recurrence should be integrated into the intervention. Further studies applying theoretical model would be helpful to identify directional relationships among the variables that are important in psychosocial well-being of cancer patients undergoing clinical trial.

Citations

• Impact of informed consent quality on illness uncertainty among patients with cancer in clinical trials: A cross-sectional study
  Sihan Kang, Jie Zhang, Dong Pang, Hong Yang, Xiaohong Liu, Renxiu Guo, Yuhan Lu
  Asia-Pacific Journal of Oncology Nursing.2025; 12: 100673.     CrossRef
• Effect of Ambulatory Chemotherapy (Portable Infusion Pump Use) Video Education on Knowledge, Self-efficacy and Anxiety of Colorectal Cancer Patients
  Eun Hee Choi, Eun Young Park, Young A Park, You Hee Son, Myung Jin Jang
  Asian Oncology Nursing.2022; 22(3): 193.     CrossRef
• Factors affecting anxiety and depression in young breast cancer survivors undergoing radiotherapy
  Kisook Kim, Hyesun Park
  European Journal of Oncology Nursing.2021; 50: 101898.     CrossRef
• Consumer characteristics of Body Mass Index groups, and the effect of body satisfaction and self-esteem on the involvement in dieting among females aged 25-49 years
  Su-mok Jeong, Eunah Yoh
  The Research Journal of the Costume Culture.2020; 28(5): 591.     CrossRef
• Depressive Symptoms and Sociodemographic Risk Factors among Chronic Disease Inpatients at University Medical Centers
  Gyong-Ae Choi, Hyun-Jung Choi, So-Young Park
  Korean Journal of Health Promotion.2019; 19(1): 32.     CrossRef
• Perception and Satisfaction of Anticancer Drug Clinical Trials in Cancer Patients
  Ju Kyung Jeon, Jeong Hye Kim
  Asian Oncology Nursing.2019; 19(1): 18.     CrossRef
• Effects of Body Mass Index, Self-esteem, and Sociocultural Attitude toward Appearance on Diet Awareness
  Kwanghee Park
  Fashion & Textile Research Journal.2016; 18(2): 176.     CrossRef
• Characteristics of Groups classified by Degree of Obesity using Body Mass Index - Focused on Self-esteem, Food lifestyle, Social-cultural Attitudes towards Appearance, and Diet-related Attitude and Behavior -
  Kwanghee Park
  Journal of the Korean Society of Costume.2016; 66(8): 33.     CrossRef
• Survey on Self Care, Respiratory Difficulty, Sleep Impediment, Anxiety and Depression among Patients with Neuromuscular Disease dependent on Home Mechanical Ventilator
  Moon Sook Hwang, Mi Kyung Lee, Jong Rye Song
  Korean Journal of Adult Nursing.2016; 28(5): 595.     CrossRef

PURPOSE
The purpose of this study was to investigate the factors that influence health-related quality of life in patients with atrial fibrillation.
METHODS
The subjects were 150 outpatients with atrial fibrillation who visited the cardiology clinic of a university hospital in U city. The instruments used for this study were Mhel Uncertainty in Illness Scale (MUIS), Center for Epidemiologic Studies-Depression Scale (CES-D), State Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI), and the Short-Form-36 Health Survey (SF-36) Korean version II. The date were analyzed by ANOVA, Pearson-correlation coefficient, and hierachial multiple regression using SPSS/WIN 18.0.
RESULTS
The mean score of physical health-related quality of life (PCS) was 38.92 +/- 6.22 and mental health-related quality of life (MCS) was 41.49 +/- 5.71. Physical and Mental health-related quality of life had the significant correlations with uncertainty, anxiety and depression. In multiple regression analysis, physical health-related quality of life was significantly influenced by duration of disease, NYHA class, uncertainty. Mental health-related quality of life was significantly influenced by family income, NYHA class, anxiety and depression.
CONCLUSION
These results suggest that these influencing factors should be consider in developing the nursing interventions to improve the health-related quality of life in patients with atrial fibrillation.

Citations

• Factors Influencing Health-Related Quality of Life in Patients With Atrial Fibrillation
  Hyeon-Ok Lee, Ji-Yeong Seo
  Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing.2025;[Epub]     CrossRef
• Improvement of Dyspnea and Palpitations of Cardiac Origin Using Comprehensive Traditional Korean Medicine Treatment Including Bangibokryeong-tang (Fangji Fuling Decoction) : A Case Report
  Jumin Kim, Dasol Park, Hyeryun Lee, Jungtae Leem
  The Journal of Internal Korean Medicine.2024; 45(1): 100.     CrossRef
• Symptom Clusters, Psychological Distress, and Quality of Life in Patients with Atrial Fibrillation
  Chohee Bang, Sookyung Park
  Healthcare.2023; 11(9): 1353.     CrossRef
• The Impact of Self-Management Behaviors, Self-Efficacy, and Grit on Health-related Quality of Life in Patients with Atrial Fibrillation: A Cross-Sectional Descriptive Study
  Ji-Yeong Seo, Hyeon-Ok Lee
  Korean Journal of Adult Nursing.2023; 35(2): 158.     CrossRef
• Predictors Affecting Postoperative Atrial Fibrillation in Patients After Coronary Artery Bypass Graft
  Jungsun Lee, Insil Jang
  Clinical Nursing Research.2020; 29(8): 543.     CrossRef
• The Illness Adaptation Process of Patients Suffering from Atrial Fibrillation: Living a Life Managing the Silent Insurrection of the Heart
  A-Leum Han, Suhye Kwon
  Korean Journal of Adult Nursing.2020; 32(3): 326.     CrossRef
• Health-Related Quality of Life and Associated Factors in Patients with Atrial Fibrillation: An Integrative Literature Review
  Youn-Jung Son, Kyoung-Hwa Baek, Suk Jeong Lee, Eun Ji Seo
  International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health.2019; 16(17): 3042.     CrossRef
• Impact of Sociodemographic and Clinical Factors on Health-Related Quality of Life in Older Adults With Atrial Fibrillation
  Youn-Jung Son, Eun Ji Seo
  Research in Gerontological Nursing.2018; 11(4): 207.     CrossRef

PURPOSE
The purpose of the study was to identify levels of anxiety, stress hormone, lymphocytes, and neutrophils of the nursing students before an examination and to examine effects of social support on those variables related to taking examinations.
METHODS
Thirty eight healthy nursing students participated. They completed the questionnaire including state anxiety, test anxiety (VAS scale) and social support two weeks before the exam and again just before the exam. Simultaneously, a venous sample for ACTH, cortisol, lymphocytes & neutrophils count was drawn by a trained nurse. Descriptive statistics, paired t-test, student t-test, and Pearson's correlation with SPSS/WIN 14.0 were used to analyze the data.
RESULTS
Test anxiety scores and cortisol level on the exam day showed a significant increment compared with those on the non-exam day. The participants with higher levels of total social support scores showed significantly lower state anxiety on the exam day than those with lower levels of total social support scores.
CONCLUSION
These data indicate a possible alteration in cortisol responsiveness to academic stress in nursing students. Social support would play an important role in modulation of academic stress.

PURPOSE
The purpose of this study was to determine the effects of surgery information service on one-day surgery patients' anxiety and satisfaction with nursing care.
METHODS
The study used the nonequivalent control group time difference design. Sampling and measurement of the control group participants (n=30) was completed first. Later, participants in the experimental group (n=30) were sampled, intervened, and measured. The experimental group participants received the surgery information services twice: before and after the surgery, 20~30 minutes for each of the sessions. The anxiety was measured with the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory developed by Spielberger (1975), and modified by Kim & Shin (1978). The patient satisfaction with nursing care was measured with the Patient Satisfaction with Nursing Care Scale developed by La Monica and colleagues (1986), and modified by Shin (1999). The data was collected between February 1 and May 30, 2006.
RESULTS
The results were as follows: 1) The level of anxiety in the experimental group was not significantly different from that in the control group. 2) The level of patient satisfaction with nursing care in the experimental group was significantly higher than in the control group (t=-4.53, p=.00).
CONCLUSION
These findings suggested that the one-day vocal cord surgery information service could be a useful nursing intervention to improve patient satisfaction with nursing care, but not for controlling the anxiety of one-day surgery patients.

PURPOSE
This study was to develop a nursing education program for mothers with a young child undergoing cardiac surgery and determine effects of the program on her knowledge, anxiety and coping behavior.
METHODS
The research design was a nonequivalent control group non-synchronized design. 18 mothers were assigned to the experimental group and 18 to the control group. The effects were evaluated by measuring knowledge, anxiety, and coping behavior. The collected data was analyzed through independent t-test, and repeated measures ANOVA respectively using SPSS/WIN 12.0 program.
RESULTS
The point of knowledge in the experimental group was significantly increased tan that in the control group. The point of subjective, physiological, and behavior anxiety in the experimental group was significantly decreased than that in the control group by time change. The point of coping behavior in the experimental group was significantly higher than that in the control group.
CONCLUSION
The nursing educational program for a young child with cardiac surgery is expected to be clinically applied as an intervention program for mothers with a young child undergoing cardiac surgery.

PURPOSE
We aimed to describe and compare the cognitive function, anxiety, and quality of life for the demented elderly in day care centers or nursing homes.
METHODS
We selected 44 subjects from day care centers and 63 subjects from nursing homes by performing convenience sampling. The Korean version of Mini Mental Status Examination was used for measuring cognitive status; Rating Anxiety in Dementia, for assessing anxiety; Korean Version of Quality of Life-Alzheimer's Disease, for assessing the quality of life. The data were collected from May to June 2008 and analyzed by SPSS WIN 14.0.
RESULTS
1) The cognitive function of the subjects in the day care center was higher than that of the subjects in the nursing home. Anxiety in the subjects in the nursing home was higher than that in the subjects in the day care center. 2) The cognitive function and quality of life of the subjects in the day care center showed statistically significant correlation 3) The anxiety and quality of life of the subjects in the nursing home showed statistically significant correlation.
CONCLUSIONS
Nursing interventions that improve the quality of life of the demented elderly should be considered and applied according to the degree of cognitive function and anxiety.

PURPOSE
This study was to compare and examine the factors influencing burden of primary family caregivers according to the severity of illness of elderly patients admitted in an intensive care unit.
METHODS
Subjects were the families of elderly patients in intensive care units of K, S and Y hospitals in Seoul. Data were collected from March to October 2007. Subjects were 108 persons over age 65. Data were analyzed by SAS statistics.
RESULTS
First, groups 5 and 3 showed higher burden than that of group 4. Second, high correlation was found between stress and burden, stress and anxiety, and burden and anxiety. Third, factors influencing family burden were found to be stress for group 5, stress, anxiety, and monthly income for group 4, and stress and patient age for group 3.
CONCLUSION
Specific nursing interventions to decrease the stress of primary family caregivers of serious ill elderly patients in an intensive care unit are needed. Additionally, more effective and systematic activation of a long-term medical insurance system for seriously ill seniors is considered necessary to mediate the burden of primary family caregivers.

PURPOSE
The present study was conducted in order to examine claustrophobia, noise sensitivity and vital signs according to anxiety sensitivity level in patients who have Magnet Resonance Imaging(MRI).
METHODS
With 100 outpatients, we measured anxiety sensitivity, claustrophobia, noise sensitivity and vital sign before and after MRI. Measuring tools were ASI, CLQ-M, and NSI. Data were collected from February to March, 2008.
RESULTS
The ASI score was higher in women than in men(p < .05), and no statistically significant difference was observed according to age, region of scanning, experience in MRI, and the use of contrast agent. Both men and women patients showed the same ASI score and decrease in CLQ-M and NSI between before and after MRI. In women, ASI, CLQ-M and NSI were in positive correlation with one another(p < .001), and in men, there was no correlation between ASI and CLQ-M, and positive correlation was observed with NSI(p < .05). In comparison according to ASI level, blood pressure and pulse rate were not different in men and women. CLQ-M was not different in men, but was different in women(p < .001). NSI was different in both men and women(men p < .05; women p < .001).
CONCLUSION
MRI may cause claustrophobia in patients with high anxiety sensitivity, and noise appears to aggravate anxiety. In particular, claustrophobia was more serious in women than in men. Therefore, it is necessary to develop nursing interventions to reduce anxiety sensitivity particularly for female patients, and to make plans to educate and lower noise before MRI in order to reduce claustrophobia.

PURPOSE
The objectives of this study were to examine the difference between scores assigned by dementia patients and their caregivers to the patients' anxiety, depression, and quality of life.
METHODS
After obtaining Institutional Review Board(IRB) approval, face-to-face interview with the patients and their caregivers respectively was conducted by trained graduate-level nursing students from December 2007 to February 2008. Patients' anxiety, depression, and quality of life were measured by patients and their caregivers. The data obtained were analyzed using the SPSS/WIN 14.0 program, which was used for frequency, percentage, mean , standard deviation, t-test, and Pearson's correlation.
RESULTS
Significant relationships were reported between the depression rated by patients and that rated by their caregivers(r = .37, p = .019). In addition, there was no difference between the quality of life rated by patients and that rated by their caregivers(t = -7.11, p = .479). However, there was no significant relationship between the anxiety rated by patients and that rated by their caregivers(r = .21, p = .195).
CONCLUSION
There were no differences on level of depression and quality of life of dementia patients measured by dementia patients and caregivers, However, dementia patients' anxiety level has discrepancy between them.

PURPOSE
The purpose of this study was to examine the effects of aromatherapy on dysmenorrhea, menstrual pain, anxiety, and depression in female college students.
METHODS
A two-group cross-over design was used. The sample included a total of 20 female students who were enrolled in a 3 year nursing program. The treatments(aroma essential oil inhalation and the placebo inhalation) were given using a necklace. The data were analyzed by chi-square-test, paired t-test, and Mann-Whitney test using SPSS/WIN 12.0 program.
RESULTS
The level of dysmenorrhea after the aroma treatment was not significantly different from the dysmenorrhea levels at pre-test and after the post-placebo treatment. The menstrual pain, anxiety and depression significantly improved after the aroma treatment. However, the levels of pain, anxiety, and depression after the aroma treatment were not significantly different from those after the placebo treatment.
CONCLUSION
Aroma inhalation may be a effective in managing menstrual pain, anxiety, and depression. In order to further clarify the effect of aroma treatment on discomfort during menstruation, replication studies are necessary. Future studies need to examine the effects of different types of essential oils, administrating methods, and the lasting time of aroma treatment effect.

PURPOSE
The purpose of this study was to examine the effects of music therapy on anxiety of patients in emergency room. METHODS: The study was designed using a noneqivalent control group nonsynchronized design. For 20 minutes, the experimental group(22 patients) had listened to music and the control group(23 patients) had bed rest. A six-item state anxiety scale developed by Marteau and Bekker, which was based on Spielberger's State-Trait Anxiety Inventory, blood pressure and pulse rate were measured to all study participants before and after the intervention. The data was analyzed by the SPSS 12.0 program. RESULTS: 1) The experimental group's state anxiety level were significantly lower than the control group's(t=2.220, p=.032). 2) There were no significant differences in both group's diastolic(t=-.495, p=.623) and systolic blood pressure(t=831, p=.411). 3) The experimental group's pulse rate was significantly lower than the control group's(t=2.363, p=.023). CONCLUSION: Music therapy may be applied as a nursing intervention to decrease anxiety in emergency room.

PURPOSE
The purpose of this study was to examine the effect of topical lidocaine cream on pain and anxiety during the AV fistula puncture among hemodialysis patients. METHODS: The study employed one group repeated measurement design. The data were collected from 50 hemodialysis patients who received AV fistula puncture. The topical lidocaine cream was applied 30 minutes before the puncture. The data were measured total 3 times (T1=without lidocaine, T2=2% lidocaine, T3=5% lidocaine). Pain was measured by VAS and a behavioral checklist. Anxiety was measured by Korean manual of SCL-90-R. RESULTS: Patients with 5% lidocaine cream reported significantly lower of VAS pain score than those with 2% lidocaine and without lidocaine. Patients with 2% lidocaine cream reported significantly lower of behavioral pain scores than those without lidocaine, but less effective than 5% lidocaine cream. Patients with 2% lidocaine cream reported significantly lower of anxiety scores than those without lidocaine, but less effective than 5% lidocaine cream. CONCLUSION: Topical application of lidocaine cream for 30 minutes before AV fistula puncture significantly decreased pain and anxiety among hemodialysis patients. Specifically 5% lidocaine was more effective than 2% lidocaine for both pain and anxiety.

PURPOSE
This study was intended to determine how the choice of music affects the physiological and psychological status of women college student during music therapy. METHODS: A nonequivalent experimental group pretest-posttest design was used. 19 out of 54 subjects were assigned to listen to their favorite music and 17 to their unfavorite music for 20 minutes using MP3 players and headphones. Anxiety, blood pressure, pulse and blood glucose levels of the subjects were measured before treatment. The data was analyzed by Mann-Whitney and Wilcoxon signed rank test using the SPSS/WIN 10.0 program.
RESULTS
The result showed that systolic blood pressure, blood glucose and anxiety level decreased significantly in the favorite music group. however systolic blood pressure, pulse rate and anxiety level increased significantly in the unfavorite music group. The favorite music group showed a significantly higher level of satisfaction than the unfavorite music group.
CONCLUSION
Choice of music affects the physiological and psychological status of an individual. Favorite music listening would enhance the effect of music therapy. Therefore, selection of music must be considered in light of the subject's preference and characteristics.

PURPOSE
The study was done to analyze the effects of aroma inhalation method on preoperative anxiety of abdominal surgical patients.
METHODS
The research design was a nonequivalent control group non-synchronized design. The data were collected from July 25 to October 21, 2005 at C Medical Center in Seoul. The patients were divided into two group of 24 subjects each. In order for measuring the all patient's anxiety before operation and aroma inhalation, Spidlberger(1975) trait anxiety, VAS(visual analogue scale) state anxiety, blood pressure, pulse rate were taken. After experimental group was taken aroma inhalation, VAS state anxiety, blood pressure, pulse rate were measured for two group.
RESULTS
After aroma inhalation, VAS state anxiety level, systolic blood pressure, diastolic blood pressure, pulse rate of the experimental group were decreased significantly than those of control group(p = .000, p = .000, p = .030. p = .000).
CONCLUSION
The aroma inhalation method can be considered an effective nursing intervention that relieves the preoperative anxiety of abdominal surgical patients and stabilizes vital signs.

PURPOSE
The present study is a quasi?experimental research for examining the effects of imagery on stress, anxiety and immune cells in acute leukemia patients receiving chemotherapy and utilizing the therapy for their self control and stress management.
METHODS
The subjects were 60 patients who were diagnosed with acute leukemia and scheduled to receive chemotherapy at A hospital in Seoul during the period from November 2006 to March 2007. After the start of chemotherapy, the experimental group received imagery for 4 weeks, three sessions a week, so a total of 12 sessions and 156 minutes.
RESULTS
The decrease of stress was larger in the experimental group than in the control group. Systolic blood pressure decreased significantly more in the experimental group than in the control group. In the experimental group, state anxiety decreased significantly in the 2nd week of the experiment and after the final stage of the experiment. The total number of white blood cells, and the absolute number of neutrophils and lymphocytes were showing significant differences between the time points.
CONCLUSION
Imagery is an effective intervention for reducing stress and state anxiety and stabilizing blood pressure in acute leukemia patients receiving chemotherapy.

PURPOSE
The purpose of this study was to identify the effect of supportive nursing intervention on the anxiety and nursing satisfaction of mothers with children undergoing open-heart surgery.
METHODS
The research design involved a non-equivalent control group pretest-posttest non synchronized design. The subjects consisted of 43 mothers of children who were expected to undergo open heart surgery, and were divided into two groups; an experimental group of 22 and a control group of 21. The experiment was administered to the experimental group a total of four times, following supportive nursing intervention protocols. The research tools used were Spielberger's State Anxiety Inventory for anxiety and Park Jung-Eun's nursing satisfaction. The data were analyzed using the chi-square-test, and t-test with SPSS/WIN 12.0 program.
RESULTS
Hypothes 1, 'The experimental group who are given supportive nursing intervention will have a lower anxiety score than the control group' was supported(t=5.658, p=.000). Hypothesis 2, 'The experimental group who are given supportive nursing intervention will have a higher nursing satisfaction score than the control gropu wasl supported(t=-9.549, p=.000).
CONCLUSION
The supportive nursing intervention protocol was effective in reducing anxiety and increasing the nursing satisfaction of mothers with children undergoing open-heart surgery.

PURPOSE
The purpose of this study was to ascertain the effects of preoperative information on postoperative state anxiety, plasma cortisol, and pain for patients under total knee arthroplasty, and to provide generic data with nursing intervention for total knee arthroplasty.
METHODS
Data were collected from 34 patients who had total knee arthroplasty from January 3, 2003 to January 15, 2004. An experiment group of 17 patients was provided with pre-operative information prepared by the researchers; a control group of another 17 patients was provided with general information. Data were analyzed through Chi-squared test, t-test, paired t-test and ANCOVA using SPSS WIN 11.0.
RESULTS
There was no significant differences between the experiment group and the control group in post operative state anxiety(p=.612). However, there was statistically a significant difference between the above two groups in post operative plasma cortisol(p=.012). There was a statistically significant difference between the above two groups in post operative pain(p=.041).
CONCLUSION
According to the results of the study, the authors concluded that the preoperative information for patients under total knee arthroplasty had the effect on the decrease of postoperative plasma cortisol and pain.

PURPOSE
The Purpose of this study was to elucidate the effects of aromatherapy massage on the preoperative anxiety of stomach cancer patients.
METHOD
The research design was a nonequivalent control group non synchronized design. The data were collected during the period of October 2 to December 30, 2005 at H Hospital in Seoul. The subjects were 40 patients who were operated under general anesthesia for stomach cancer. State anxiety, systolic and diastolic blood pressure, pulse rate were measured on the day before surgery and the preoperative period. Data were analyzed by chi-square test, independent t-test, paired t-test.
RESULTS
Hypothesis 1 that the level of preoperative state anxiety of the experimental group who received aromatherapy massage is lower than that of the control group who did not received aromatherapy was supported(p=.004). Hypothesis 2 the physiological index of the preoperative anxiety of the experimental group who received aroma-therapy is lower than that of the control group who did not received aromatherapy.
CONCLUSION
According to these results, aromatherapy hand massage can be regarded as a partially effective nursing intervention that relives anxiety of surgical patients and decreases the blood pressure level.

PURPOSE
The purpose of this study is to examine predictors of anxiety and PTSD in battered women.
METHOD
The data were collected from 555 women who were stratified samples according to 15,000:1 from a target population in Korea from November 18, 2004 to February 18, 2005. The data was analysed using the SPSS program.
RESULTS
Predictors of anxiety were self esteem, stress, state anger, social support, trait anger, negotiation, and psychological violence. These variables explained 55.8% of anxiety. Predictors of PTSD were self esteem, state anger, trait anger, psychological violence, stress, and anger-in. These variables explained 43.2% of PTSD.
CONCLUSION
It is considered that the importance of separating the effects of the different types of violence when taking into account its effects on women's mental health. To promote women's mental health, it is needed to develop self esteem improvement programs, and anger and stress management programs.