Research in Community and Public Health Nursing (지역사회간호학회지)
- Volume 13 Issue 4
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- Pages.710-718
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- 2002
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- 1225-9594(pISSN)
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- 2288-4203(eISSN)
The Relationship between Fatigue and Self-efficacy in Patients with Lung Cancer
폐암환자의 피로와 자기효능의 관계
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Lee, Jj-Hyun
(College of Nursing, Kosin University) ;
- Sohn, Sue-Kyung (College of Nursing, Kosin University)
- Published : 2002.12.01
Abstract
Purpose: The purpose of this study was to identify the relationship between fatigue, and self-efficacy in patients with lung cancer. Method: The data was collected from January 21th to April 8th 2001. The study subjects were recruited from K hospital in Pusan, Korea. Their fatigue was measured using the 22-item Revised Piper Fatigue Scale developed by Piper et al. (1998) and translated by the investigators, and self-efficacy was measured using the 10-item General Self-efficacy Questionnaire developed by Lee, Schwarzer & Jerusalem. The data were analyzed by SPSS 10.0 program using frequency, percentage, mean and standard deviation, t-test, ANOVA, Post-hoc test (Scheffe's test), and Pearson Correlation Coefficients. Result: 1) The mean fatigue score was