Knowledge and Attitude of 851 Nursing Personnel toward Depression in General Hospitals of Korea.
Our study aimed to examine the knowledge and attitude of nursing personnel toward depression in general hospitals of Korea. A total of 851 nursing personnel enrolled at four university-affiliated general hospitals completed self-report questionnaires. Chi-square tests were used to compare the knowledge and attitude of registered or assistant nurses toward depression. In addition, binary logistic regression analysis was used to adjust for the following confounders: age-group and workplace. Registered and assistant nurses differed in their knowledge and attitude toward depression. The proportion of rational and/or correct responses were higher in registered nurses than assistant nurses for the following: constellation of depressive symptoms defined by DSM-IV (adjusted odds ratio [aOR], 3.876; P<0.001); suicide risk in depression recovery (aOR, 3.223; P=0.001) and psychological stress as a cause of depression (aOR, 4.370; P<0.001); the relationship between chronic physical disease and depression (aOR, 8.984; P<0.001); and other items. Our results suggest that in terms of the biological model of depression, the understanding of registered nurses is greater than that of assistant nurses. Moreover, specific psychiatric education programs for nursing personnel need to be developed in Korea. Our findings can contribute to the development of a general hospital-based model for early detection of depression in patients with chronic medical diseases.
['Park|Seon-Cheol|SC|', 'Lee|Hwa-Young|HY|', 'Lee|Dong-Woo|DW|', 'Hahn|Sang-Woo|SW|', 'Park|Sang-Ho|SH|', 'Kim|Yeo-Ju|YJ|', 'Choi|Jae Sung|JS|', 'Lee|Ho-Sung|HS|', 'Lee|Soyoung Irene|SI|', 'Na|Kyoung-Sae|KS|', 'Jung|Sung Won|SW|', 'Shim|Se-Hoon|SH|', 'Choi|Joonho|J|', 'Paik|Jong-Woo|JW|', 'Kwon|Young-Joon|YJ|']
D000328:Adult D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel D003863:Depression D005260:Female D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice D006769:Hospitals, General D006801:Humans D008297:Male D008875:Middle Aged D009726:Nurses D009741:Nursing Staff, Hospital D056910:Republic of Korea D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires D055815:Young Adult
Knowledge Attitudes Nursing Personnel Depression Medical Diseases