ORIGINAL RESEARCH article
Front. Psychol.
Sec. Health Psychology
Analysis of status quo and influencing factors of personal mastery of patients after fracture surgery
Provisionally accepted
- 1Shanghai University of Medicine and Health Sciences, Shanghai, China
- 2wusong central hospital, Shanghai, China
- 3Heqing Community Health Service Center, Shanghai, China
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Background: Effective management of psychological stress is very important for the rehabilitation process after fracture surgery. The purpose of this study is to explore the current status and factors influencing the sense of personal mastery in patients following fracture surgery and provided insights for enhancing patients’ personal mastery to foster positive coping mechanisms in response to sudden health challenges. Methods: From November 2023 to February 2024, patients who underwent fracture surgery at a tertiary level-A hospital in Shanghai were recruited. The general information questionnaire, personal control scale, general self-efficacy scale and perceived social support scale were used for questionnaire survey. Results: 131 patients after fracture surgery in this study. The mean score of personal control was (25.02±6.3). The results of multiple linear regression analysis showed that family residence, marital status, postoperative time, self-efficacy and perceived social support were the influencing factors of patients ' sense of personal control after fracture surgery (P < 0.05). Conclusion: The sense of personal control of patients after fracture surgery was at a medium level. Married patients, families living in cities and towns, the longer the postoperative time, the higher the level of self-efficacy of fracture patients, the stronger the sense of personal control. Nurses should develop targeted care plans to effectively enhance the patient 's dependence, but also to improve their sense of personal control, to get a better life experience.
Keywords: Personal mastery, Fracture patient, Influencing factors, social support, self-efficacy
Received: 26 May 2025; Accepted: 29 Oct 2025.
Copyright: © 2025 Zhou, Wu, Ji, Jiang and Xia. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
* Correspondence: Jie Xia, xiaj2021@qq.com
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