{"title":"Optimizing the Regulation of Nursing in the Asian Context: Development and Application of a Legal Framework","authors":"Sungkyoung Choi , Won Lee","doi":"10.1016/j.anr.2024.09.004","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.anr.2024.09.004","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Purpose</h3><div>It is essential to regulate nursing to protect the population's health. As regulation constantly changes in response to societal trends, periodic reviews of nursing regulations become imperative. Therefore, we developed a legal framework by extracting essential elements for nursing regulation and explored its potential application.</div></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><div>This study consisted of two parts. First, the legal framework for nursing regulation was developed through reviewing literature that mentions the content that can be included in nursing regulations, and through a content validity assessment by five experts. Second, this legal framework was applied to the nursing laws of China, Hong Kong, Japan, and Taiwan to confirm the suitability of the framework.</div></div><div><h3>Results</h3><div>In the first part of the study, the legal framework for nursing regulation consists of seven categories (purpose, definitions, standards for practice, license acquisition and registration to practice, regulatory body, protection of the legal authority of nurses, offenses/penalties, and disciplinary procedures) and 17 items was developed. As a result of applying this framework to nursing laws in four countries, the average utilization rate for all 17 items was 68.4%. The matching scores between the framework and the law were over 60% for all four laws.</div></div><div><h3>Conclusion</h3><div>Regulations, especially in the form of legislation, must be carefully considered because laws involve enforcement and potential penalties. This study is significant for identifying essential nursing regulation elements and offering a practical reference tool, expected to be widely utilized in future nursing policy and regulatory research.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":55450,"journal":{"name":"Asian Nursing Research","volume":"18 4","pages":"Pages 341-347"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2024-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142301532","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"An Evaluation Index System to Assess Nurse Competency in Enhanced Recovery After Surgery Programs: A Delphi Study","authors":"Gongjie Shi, Hongxia Xu, Yihong Xu, Hongying Pan","doi":"10.1016/j.anr.2024.09.006","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.anr.2024.09.006","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Purpose</h3><div>To construct an index system to evaluate the competencies of nurses in enhanced recovery after surgery (ERAS) programs and provide a scientific foundation for their training and assessment.</div></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><div>Utilizing a literature review and semi-structured interviews, a preliminary indicator system was constructed. Based on the preliminary indicator system, a Delphi questionnaire was developed and utilized to achieve consensus among experts in two rounds of Delphi studies. The indicators were selected based on a mean importance score greater than 4 and a coefficient of variation less than .25. The weights of the indicators were calculated using the Analytic Hierarchy Process.</div></div><div><h3>Results</h3><div>The study developed a system that evaluates the competencies of nurses involved in ERAS programs, offering a reference for their training and evaluation. The final index system includes 7 primary indicators, 20 secondary indicators, and 66 tertiary indicators. The primary indicators consist of competencies in the following components: 1) Direct clinical practice (20 items); 2) Expert coaching and guidance (9 items); 3) Consultation (6 items); 4) Research (7 items); 5) Leadership (11 items); 6) Collaboration (8 items); and 7) Ethical decision-making (5 items).</div></div><div><h3>Conclusion</h3><div>The developed competency evaluation index system is reliable and can serve as a foundation for the selection, training, and assessment of ERAS nurses.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":55450,"journal":{"name":"Asian Nursing Research","volume":"18 4","pages":"Pages 358-366"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2024-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142301524","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Sek Ying Chair , Aileen Wai Kiu Chan , Kai Chow Choi , Ting Liu , Winnie Kwok Wei So , Ruitong Gao , Kenneth R. Fox
{"title":"Evaluation of the Psychometric Properties of the Translated Physical Self-Perception Profile Among Chinese Breast Cancer Survivor","authors":"Sek Ying Chair , Aileen Wai Kiu Chan , Kai Chow Choi , Ting Liu , Winnie Kwok Wei So , Ruitong Gao , Kenneth R. Fox","doi":"10.1016/j.anr.2024.09.011","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.anr.2024.09.011","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Purpose</h3><div>The purpose of this study was to translate the original English version of the Physical Self-Perception Profile into Cantonese Chinese, while considering linguistic and socio-cultural characteristics, and to evaluate its psychometric properties among Chinese breast cancer survivors in Hong Kong, China, thus providing a valid, culturally relevant tool for assessing physical self-esteem among this population.</div></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><div>The 30-item, 5 subscale Physical Self-Perception Profile was translated into Chinese by the combined translation technique. The psychometric properties of the Cantonese version of the Physical Self-Perception Profile were examined in 292 Hong Kong Chinese breast cancer survivors for internal consistency and test–retest reliability. A confirmatory factor analysis was conducted to evaluate the structural validity. A panel of five experts examined its content validity. The concurrent validity was examined by correlating the Physical Self-Perception Profile and a validated global self-esteem measure.</div></div><div><h3>Results</h3><div>The Cantonese version of the Physical Self-Perception Profile demonstrated satisfactory content validity, also satisfactory internal consistency with Cronbach's α ranging from .64 to .80, as well as good test–retest reliability, with an intraclass correlation coefficient ranging from .77 to .81. The confirmatory factor analysis showed a fairly good fit of the four-factor subdomain structure, namely, physical condition, physical strength, body attractiveness, and sports competence. The concurrent validity of the Chinese version Physical Self-Perception Profile was demonstrated by a significant positive correlation between the physical self-worth domain and four subdomains with global self-esteem. In addition, the four subdomains had statistically significant positive correlations, with the physical self-worth domain indicating the instrument's hierarchical structure.</div></div><div><h3>Conclusion</h3><div>The study translated the Physical Self-Perception Profile from English to Cantonese and demonstrated its desirable psychometric properties among Chinese Hong Kong breast cancer survivors. The linguistical and cultural adaptation of this instrument can serve as a valid and reliable tool for assessing physical self-esteem among breast cancer survivors in Hong Kong, China.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":55450,"journal":{"name":"Asian Nursing Research","volume":"18 4","pages":"Pages 401-407"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2024-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142301529","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Nara Han , Seok Hee Jeong , Myung Ha Lee , Hee Sun Kim
{"title":"Impacts of Just Culture on Perioperative Nurses' Attitudes and Behaviors With Regard to Patient Safety Incident Reporting: Cross-Sectional Nationwide Survey","authors":"Nara Han , Seok Hee Jeong , Myung Ha Lee , Hee Sun Kim","doi":"10.1016/j.anr.2024.09.001","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.anr.2024.09.001","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Purpose</h3><div>Just culture refers to a culture that encourages members of an organization to exchange important safety information and compensates them when they perform such information exchanges. The establishment of a just culture in hospital organizations might be an important means of enhancing patient safety incident reporting. This study aimed to investigate the impact of just culture on the attitudes and behaviors toward patient safety incident reporting in perioperative nurses.</div></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><div>A nationwide cross-sectional survey was performed using structured questionnaires. The participants were 208 perioperative nurses in tertiary general hospitals in South Korea. Data were collected by self-reported on-line questionnaires, from August to September 2020. Data were analyzed with descriptive statistics, independent t-test, chi-square test, Fisher's exact test, one-way ANOVA, Scheffé test, Pearson's correlation analysis, Spearman rank correlation analysis, hierarchical multiple regression, and hierarchical logistic regression using the SPSS WIN 23.0 program.</div></div><div><h3>Results</h3><div>Hierarchical multiple regression analysis revealed that just culture explained an additional 34.5%p of the attitudes on patient safety incident reporting. Hierarchical logistic regression analysis showed that just culture was a significant predictor of behaviors regarding patient safety incident reporting (odds ratio = 2.25, <em>p</em> = .017). The final regression model accounted for 16.0% of the behaviors regarding patient safety incident reporting.</div></div><div><h3>Conclusion</h3><div>This study empirically shows that just culture impacted the attitudes and behaviors regarding patient safety incident reporting in perioperative nurses. This study provides an evidence about the importance of the just culture in every day nursing practice setting. Personnel and organizational efforts for improving or implementing just culture are required to ensure greater patient safety by enhancing the patient safety incident reporting of perioperative nurses in hospitals.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":55450,"journal":{"name":"Asian Nursing Research","volume":"18 4","pages":"Pages 323-330"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2024-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142301531","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Combined Effect of Alcohol Consumption Patterns and Marital Status on All-cause Mortality Among Middle- and Old-aged People: A Longitudinal Study From Korea","authors":"Yoonjung Ji , Wonhee Baek , Suran Lee","doi":"10.1016/j.anr.2024.09.008","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.anr.2024.09.008","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Purposes</h3><div>The association between alcohol consumption, health, and mortality is intricate, with marital status being a determinant of drinking behavior. This study investigated the combined effect of alcohol consumption patterns and marital status on mortality in middle-aged and older Korean individuals.</div></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><div>This prospective longitudinal study used data from the Korean Longitudinal Study of Aging, conducted from 2006 to 2020. The study population comprised individuals who were consuming alcohol around the time of the basic survey and participated in the 1<sup>st</sup> wave 2006 study. We divided 3,823 drinkers older than 45 into four groups: “normal drinker and married (NM),” “normal drinker and unmarried (NUM),” “excessive drinker and married (EM),” and “excessive drinker and unmarried (EUM).” A Cox proportional hazards regression analysis was performed for survival analysis.</div></div><div><h3>Results</h3><div>The median survival time of the EUM group was 11.9 years. After adjusting for the covariates, the mortality risk among the NUM, EM, and EUM were approximately 1.67 times, 1.33 times, and 3.10 times higher than that among the NM, respectively.</div></div><div><h3>Conclusion</h3><div>Middle- and old-aged unmarried people with excessive drinking patterns constitute a high-risk group for mortality. Community healthcare providers should focus on characteristics that differ by age, considering family-related factors, and assessing alcohol consumption patterns to reduce mortality. Among middle- and old-aged people, support for unmarried and excessive drinkers should be strengthened, and consultation on visiting community-based clinics should be promoted to improve firmly established alcohol consumption patterns.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":55450,"journal":{"name":"Asian Nursing Research","volume":"18 4","pages":"Pages 377-383"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2024-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142301525","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Xiaoli Chen , Chuanmei Zhu , Juejin Li , Lin Zhou , Shu Zhang , Yun Zhang , Xiaolin Hu
{"title":"Effect of Tele-exercise Interventions on Quality of Life in Cancer Patients: A Meta-analysis","authors":"Xiaoli Chen , Chuanmei Zhu , Juejin Li , Lin Zhou , Shu Zhang , Yun Zhang , Xiaolin Hu","doi":"10.1016/j.anr.2024.09.005","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.anr.2024.09.005","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Purpose</h3><div>To evaluate the impacts of tele-exercise intervention with cancer patients’ quality of life, taking into account the influence of the duration of tele-exercise intervention, type of intervention, and gender of cancer patients on quality of life.</div></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><div>The PubMed (MEDLINE), Embase, CINAHL, Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials (CENTRAL), Web of Science, and PsycINFO databases were searched from inception to August 21, 2023. The Cochrane Collaboration's risk of bias tool 2 was utilized to estimate the risk of bias, and the Grading of Recommendations, Assessment. For statistical analyses, R Studio was employed.</div></div><div><h3>Results</h3><div>This meta-analysis contained eight trials. When compared to controls, tele-exercise interventions (SMD = 0.41, 95% CI: 0.12 to 0.70, <em>p</em> < .010; I<sup>2</sup> = 54%, <em>p</em> = .030) have a positive influence on boosting the quality of life within cancer patients. Subgroup analyses demonstrated the greater effectiveness of tele-exercise in enhancing the quality of life of cancer patients when the duration was greater than or equal to 10 weeks. Furthermore, tele-exercise was found to have a stronger advantageous effect on quality of life among female cancer. In addition, among the types of interventions for tele-exercise, neither web-based nor telephone-based formats significantly enhanced quality of life among cancer patients.</div></div><div><h3>Conclusion</h3><div>Tele-exercise interventions are a cost-effective and feasible non-pharmacologic complementary way to promote cancer patients' quality of life. Additional large-sample, carefully designed randomized controlled trials are warranted to further validate the impact of tele-exercise concerning cancer patients’ quality of life.</div></div><div><h3>Registration number</h3><div>CRD42023477147.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":55450,"journal":{"name":"Asian Nursing Research","volume":"18 4","pages":"Pages 348-357"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2024-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142301527","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Effects of a Customized Diet Education Program Using a Mobile Instant Messenger for People Undergoing Peritoneal Dialysis: A Feasibility Test","authors":"Hyun-Jung Lee , Hee-Young Kang","doi":"10.1016/j.anr.2024.09.007","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.anr.2024.09.007","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Purpose</h3><div>The study was conducted to develop a customized diet education program using mobile instant messenger for people undergoing peritoneal dialysis (PD). Our goal was to examine the program's effects on diet-related self-efficacy, dietary self-care compliance, and physiological indices (hemoglobin, albumin, potassium, and phosphorus).</div></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><div>This was a quasi-experimental study with a non-equivalent control group pre-post-test design. We applied the Cox interaction model of client health behaviors. Overall, 43 patients (21 in the experimental group and 22 in the control group) attending the renal clinic and undergoing PD at three hospitals were included. The experimental group underwent a customized diet education program using a mobile instant messenger for five weeks. Patients in the control group received routine care. This study was conducted in the following order: pre-test, treatment, post-test 1 (immediately after), and post-test 2 (four weeks after).</div></div><div><h3>Results</h3><div>This study showed significant differences in dietary self-care compliance (F = 15.29, <em>p</em> < .001) and hemoglobin level (F = 7.55, <em>p</em> = .001) in interactions between times and groups.</div></div><div><h3>Conclusion</h3><div>The diet education program is an effective strategies to preventing complications and helping PD patients perform dietary self-care compliance through systematic and continuous interactions with educational nurse who is an expert in PD management of people undergoing PD.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":55450,"journal":{"name":"Asian Nursing Research","volume":"18 4","pages":"Pages 367-376"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2024-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142301528","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The Experience of Social Alienation in Elderly Lung Cancer Patients: A Qualitative Study","authors":"Caini Song , Libo Yao","doi":"10.1016/j.anr.2024.07.007","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.anr.2024.07.007","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Purpose</h3><p>The aim of this study was to understand the experience of social alienation in elderly lung cancer patients, to explore its causes, and to propose targeted intervention strategies.</p></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><p>From July to August 2023, 16 elderly lung cancer patients attending the respiratory department of a tertiary hospital in Changsha City, Hunan Province, were selected for semi-structured interviews using a purposive sampling method. The Colaizzi 7-step method was used to analyze the data.</p></div><div><h3>Results</h3><p>A total of four themes were distilled: the experience of social alienation in elderly lung cancer patients (pessimistic feelings, inferiority complex, and heavy psychological burden), subjective causes (disease-included shame, avoidant social behavior, and stigmatized labels), objective causes (isolated social states, and reduced amount of socialization), and rehabilitation support.</p></div><div><h3>Conclusion</h3><p>The causes of social alienation in elderly lung cancer patients include multiple aspects of personal, family, and social support, and symptom management and psychological guidance should be strengthened for this population to construct a hospital–society–family triple-linkage care program to help patients recover.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":55450,"journal":{"name":"Asian Nursing Research","volume":"18 3","pages":"Pages 281-287"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2024-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1976131724000744/pdfft?md5=90c0c9b77646a489c6100f90f76ea764&pid=1-s2.0-S1976131724000744-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141876828","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Hyeyeon Yeon , Sunhui Choi , Danbi Park , Min Jeong Seo
{"title":"Subjective Study on Pediatric Emergency Department Nurses′ Perceptions of Urgency Using Q Methodology","authors":"Hyeyeon Yeon , Sunhui Choi , Danbi Park , Min Jeong Seo","doi":"10.1016/j.anr.2024.07.002","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.anr.2024.07.002","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Purpose</h3><p>In the emergency department (ED), triage significantly impacts patient safety. Therefore, triage nurses must make decisions accurately and timeously. This study aims to investigate how South Korean pediatric emergency nurses perceive urgency and classify severity using the Q methodology, which examines individuals' subjectivity.</p></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><p>We collected 84 statements from a Q population based on a literature review and interviews and selected 33 Q samples. The P samples included 30 pediatric emergency nurses at a Seoul tertiary care hospital. The principal component factor analysis method was used to analyze data using the PC-QUANL program.</p></div><div><h3>Results</h3><p>Four urgency perception types were identified among pediatric ED nurses—Type 1: “Experiential coping”; Type 2: “Careful reasoning”; Type 3: “Patient-centered thinking”; and Type 4: “Intuitive prediction.” These types appear to be an integrated process of knowledge and clinical experience that considers children's characteristics and developmental stages.</p></div><div><h3>Conclusion</h3><p>This study may serve as a basis for future education to improve pediatric ED nurses′ urgency judgment and severity classification skills.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":55450,"journal":{"name":"Asian Nursing Research","volume":"18 3","pages":"Pages 246-252"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2024-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1976131724000690/pdfft?md5=4fed61f00217068f49c25b29c81bc51e&pid=1-s2.0-S1976131724000690-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141728368","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Jin-Hee Park , Seok Hyun Gwon , Myeong-Ho Yoon , A-Young Lee , Sun Hyoung Bae
{"title":"Psychometric Testing of the Korean Version of the Self-Care of Coronary Heart Disease Inventory Version 3","authors":"Jin-Hee Park , Seok Hyun Gwon , Myeong-Ho Yoon , A-Young Lee , Sun Hyoung Bae","doi":"10.1016/j.anr.2024.07.001","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.anr.2024.07.001","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Purpose</h3><p>This methodological study evaluated the psychometric properties of the Self-Care of Coronary Heart Disease Inventory version 3 (SC-CHDI v3) in a Korean context.</p></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><p>The SC-CHDI v3 was translated into Korean following a rigorous translation process. Participants were 452 patients who had experienced coronary heart disease (CHD), all recruited from a tertiary hospital in Korea. Exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses were performed to test construct validity. Concurrent validity was examined by correlating scores from the Korean version of the SC-CHDI v3 with those from the Cardiac Self-Efficacy Scale. Internal consistency was analyzed using Cronbach's alpha and McDonald's omega.</p></div><div><h3>Results</h3><p>The Korean version of the SC-CHDI v3 consists of 21 items, excluding two from the original instrument. The self-care maintenance subscale identified a two-factor structure: “treatment adherence” and “health-promoting behaviors.” The goodness-of-fit indices were satisfied: <em>χ</em><sup>2</sup> = 18.19, <em>p</em> = .110, comparative fit index (CFI) = .97, Tucker-Lewis Index (TLI) = .95, and standardized root mean square residual (SRMR) = .04. The self-care monitoring subscale consisted of a one-dimensional structure (“monitoring behaviors”) and the goodness-of-fit indices were satisfied: <em>χ</em><sup>2</sup> = 19.19, <em>p</em> = .059, CFI = .99, TLI = .99, and SRMR = .04. The self-care management subscales had a two-factor structure of “consulting behaviors” and “problem-solving behaviors.” The goodness-of-fit indices were satisfied: <em>χ</em><sup>2</sup> = 16.44, <em>p</em> = .037, CFI = .99, TLI = .98, and SRMR = .03. Scores from the Cardiac Self-Efficacy Scale showed a positive correlation with the Korean version of SC-CHDI v3 subscales. Reliability estimates were ≥ .80 for all subscales except for the self-care maintenance subscale.</p></div><div><h3>Conclusions</h3><p>The Korean version of the SC-CHDI v3 consists of 21 items in 3 subscales and is a valid and reliable instrument. Therefore, healthcare providers can effectively utilize it to assess the self-care levels of patients with CHD.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":55450,"journal":{"name":"Asian Nursing Research","volume":"18 3","pages":"Pages 238-245"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2024-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1976131724000689/pdfft?md5=e8b327330f81793a8fe1054be1356c1c&pid=1-s2.0-S1976131724000689-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141749759","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}