Analysis of Factors Affecting the Intention to Quit Smoking in Stroke Patients / 재활간호학회지

Purpose@#This study aimed to analyze factors affecting the intention to quit smoking in stroke patients. @*Methods@#A descriptive approach was taken in this study. Structured questionnaires including subjects' characteristics, stroke symptom knowledge, attitudes towards smoking, social effect, self-efficacy, and intention to quit smoking were completed by eighty three patients in the outpatient stroke service. Data were analyzed with independent t-test, one-way ANOVA, Pearson’s correlation coefficients, and multiple regression using SPSS/WIN 22.0 program. @*Results@#The subjects were all men and 95.2% of the subjects had a experience of smoking cessation education. There were significant differences in intention to quit smoking by marriage status (F=4.359, p=.007) and smokers existing in the family (t=-2.67, p=.009). The factors influencing intention to quit smoking in the stroke patient were self efficacy (β=.534, p<.001) and negative attitude toward smoking (β=.339, p<.001). @*Conclusion@#This results suggest to develop programs to increase self efficacy and negative attitude toward smoking. This study provides also reference of the importance of family support for quitting smoking.

Relationship between Violence Response, Professional Quality of Life and Workplace Violence against Nurses in Emergency Departments in Korea / 임상간호연구

PURPOSE: The purpose of this study was to investigate the reality of workplace violence experienced by emergency nurses and the relationship of violence response to professional quality of life. METHODS: The participants in this study were 899 emergency nurses from Korea nationwide. Data were obtained through an online survey done during October, 2017. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics, t-test, ANOVA, Pearson correlation coefficient. RESULTS: Of the emergency nurses, 72.1% recognized that workplace violence is serious. Experience with workplace violence correlated positively with violence reaction (r=.32, p < .001), burnout (r=.20, p < .001) and secondary trauma (r=.22, p < .001). Also, reaction to violence was positively correlated with burnout (r=.28, p < .001) and secondary trauma (r=.56, p < .001). CONCLUSION: Findings indicate that the diverse workplace violence experienced by emergency nurses decreases their professional quality of life. Further study is needed to develop solutions to the problem of workplace violence in emergency settings.