혈액종양 환자에 있어 스토리텔링 간호프로토콜의 심리적 효과

Psychological effects of a storytelling nursing protocol in hemato-oncology patients

Purpose: This study, as a pilot study, aimed to explore psychological effects of a storytelling nursing protocol in hemato-oncology patients. As the psychological variables, self-esteem, powerlessness, and hope of hemato-oncology patients were examined for this purpose. Methods: This study was a non-equivalent control group pre and post test quasi-experimental study. The storytelling nursing protocol was developed based on the literature and screened from the experts of oncology nursing and the stroytelling. Data were collected from eight patients of an experimental group and another eight patients of a control group among hemato-oncology patients who agreed to participate in this research. Three scales were used to measure self-esteem, powerlessness, and hope. Data analysis was done with SPSS WIN 15.0 using Mann-Whitney U to test hypotheses, and Krskal-Wallis to identify the differences of dependent variables by periods. Results: The hypotheses to verify the effects of storytelling nursing protocol on self-esteem, powerlessness, and hope of the subjects were supported. Conclusion: The storytelling nursing protocol was revealed as an effective nursing intervention for self-esteem, powerlessness, and hope of hemato-oncology patients. Based on this research, storytelling can be suggested as one of the effective nursing interventions to improve the patients' psychological problems.