title: [Development of a measurement of stress for hospitalized schizophrenic patient].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  This study was done to develop a measurement for stress experienced by patients with schizophrenia during hospitalization.
  
  
  METHODS
  The preliminary tool was developed through in-depth interviews and a validity verification test of content. For data collection, 15 inpatients with schizophrenia were selected as participants for in-depth interviews and 195 patients admitted to one of eight psychiatric hospitals in four provinces were recruited as participants to test reliability and validity of the preliminary tool.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The questionnaire was developed as a four-point Likert-type scale in a self-report form with 28 items. Factor analysis showed 28 items in six factors. Factors were named 'Unjust human rights infringement', 'Futureless life', 'Alienation from other family members', 'Infringement of basic needs', 'Infringement of personal preference' and 'Inconvenience of shared living'. The six factors explained 63.5% of the total variance. Cronbach's alpha for the total items was .93 and for the factors ranged from .65 to .87.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  A tool to measure stress in patients hospitalized with schizophrenic was developed based on identified hospitalization stress experiences. Study results indicate that this tool can be used to evaluate hospitalization stress in these patients and will contribute to establishing nursing interventions for relief of hospitalization stress.
authors: Department of Nursing, Suncheon First College, Suncheon, Korea.
authors: Sun Ah
authors: SA
authors: Park
authors: College of Nursing & Institute of Health Sciences, Gyeongsang National University, Jinju, Korea. sung@gnu.ac.kr.
authors: Kyung Mi
authors: KM
authors: Sung
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003863:Depression; D005260:Female; D006760:Hospitalization; D006778:Hospitals, Psychiatric; D006801:Humans; D007407:Interviews as Topic; D007902:Length of Stay; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010361:Patients / Q000523:psychology*; D016730:Program Development; D012559:Schizophrenia / Q000175:diagnosis*; D013315:Stress, Psychological; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires
keywords: Hospitalization; Measurement; Schizophrenia; Stress