title: Relationships of nurses' critical thinking ability and perceived patient self-disclosure to accuracy in assessment of depression.
abstract: This descriptive study examined the relationships of nurses' critical thinking ability and perceived patient self-disclosure to accuracy in nursing assessment of depression in older medical patients. The sample consisted of 120 female nurse-patient dyads. Critical thinking ability was measured by the Watson-Glaser Critical Thinking Appraisal. Accuracy in nursing assessment was measured by deviations between the patient's SDS observed score and the patient's SDS predicted score. The patient's predicted score was based on the relationship between the Depression Status Inventory and Self-Rating Depression Scale. Perceived patient self-disclosure was measured by a 3-point system on patients' disclosure of information on symptoms of depression. A Pearson product-moment correlation and multiple regression analysis were used to analyze the data. The result showed that nurses' education was not significantly related to accuracy in assessment but related to critical thinking ability (r = .26; p = .004). Nurses' critical thinking ability was significantly related to accuracy in nursing assessment depression (r = -.24; p = .008). Perceived patients self-disclosure was not significantly related to accuracy in nursing assessment of depression.
authors.forename: E W
authors.initials: EW
authors.lastname: Gonzalez
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002983:Clinical Competence / Q000592:standards; D003866:Depressive Disorder / Q000451:nursing* / Q000523:psychology*; D004522:Educational Status; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D009730:Nursing Assessment / Q000592:standards*; D012044:Regression Analysis; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012650:Self Disclosure; D013850:Thinking