Spiritual status and its influencing factors in cancer patients of in a 3A grade hospital of Changsha / 中国实用护理杂志

Objective To investigate the level of spirituality in cancer patients in a 3A grade hospital of Changsha and to analyze the influencing factors. Methods In this study, convenience sampling method was used to select 196 patients with cancer from three hospitals in a 3A grade hospital of Changsha from October 2016 to October 2017. The general situation questionnaire, the functional assessment of chronic illness therapy (FACIT-Sp-12), the social support scale and the post traumatic growth inventory were used to investigate the patient′s spiritual status and to analyze the influencing factors. Results The total spiritual score of cancer patients was 31.09 ± 8.89, the score of meaning dimension was 10.71±2.75, and the peace dimension was 9.84±3.19 and the belief dimension was 10.54± 2.98. The results of multiple regression analysis showed that age, cancer stage, education level, the subjective support of Social Support, relating to others and personal strength of The Posttraumatic Growth were the influencing factors for the spiritual status of cancer patients. Conclusions the spiritual status of cancer patients in a 3A grade hospital of Changsha is at medium level, and the spiritual status is closely related to age, education level, cancer stage, social support and post traumatic growth level. Medical staff should provide spiritual care for patients to improve their psychology and Mental Health and quality of life.

General self-efficacy level of patients with tuberculosis and its influencing factors / 中国感染控制杂志

Objective To understand the general self-efficacy level of patients with tuberculosis(TB patients) and its influencing factors, provide evidence for improving the general self-efficacy of TB patients.Methods All TB inpatients in a comprehensive pulmonary hospital were conducted face-to-face survey through a general questionnaire and general self-efficacy scale, self-efficacy level of TB patients and its influencing factors were analyzed.Results Mean scale of general self-efficacy of 402 TB patients was (20.4±4.2), of which only 14 cases(3.5%)showed a high level self-efficacy.163(40.5%), 225(56.0%), and 14(3.5%)patients were with low(10~),medium(20~), and high(30~) self-efficacy scale.The general self-efficacy level of TB patients was influenced by the course of disease(P<0.001), residence(P=0.012), whether or not attended the lecture on tuberculosis education(P=0.034), whether or not conducted physical exercise(P=0.053,stepwise multiple linear regression analysis: P=0.017), working status(P=0.027), No.of hospitalization due to TB(P=0.002), family economic situation(P=0.027), and education level(P=0.020).Conclusion TB patients' self-efficacy level is low, and the general self-efficacy level and its influencing factors should be assessed by health care workers during the follow-up for patients, individualized nursing intervention for improving the TB patients' self-efficacy level should be developed.