A Survey on the Demand for Home Care of the Mother's of the Hospitalized Children

입원 환아 어머니의 가정간호 요구도 조사

  • 김영혜 (부산대학교 의과대학 간호학과) ;
  • 권봉숙 (대동간호전문대학 간호학과) ;
  • 박순옥 (인제대학부속 부산백병원) ;
  • 배영순 (인제대학부속 부산백병원) ;
  • 이영은 (고신대학 간호학과) ;
  • 이지원 (부산가톨릭대학 간호학과) ;
  • 이화자 (부산대학교 의과대학 간호학과) ;
  • 정경애 (춘해간호전문대학 간호학과)
  • Published : 1997.02.01

Abstract

The subjects of the study were the 120 mothers who had children hospitalized in 6 hospitals in P city during the period from Feb. 1. to May 30. 1996. The purpose of the study are(1) the problems encountered when they carried out Home Care after discharge and (2) the degrees of demand that they had against Home Care Services. In order to investigate the purposes above-mentioned the researchers used the 55 items of Home Care services belonging to 10 areas selected by Korea Home-Care Association in 1994. The items were modified and supplemented to 4-point scale. The selected data were analyzed by SPSS : PC+ and the following results were derived. 1. The subjects payed great attention to 5 items such as 'pain control, OPD visits, diet-control problems' among the 15 sources of anxiety that they had against Home Care services after discharge. Especially, 'OPD visits and knowledge deficit' would to be overcome by the nursing activities of the Home Care Nurses. 2. The acknowledge level of the subjects to the Home Care Project that governmental plans to carry out was surveyed and found as under 50. 0% responded they heard about Home Care Nursing System. 60.8% said that they thought the system was 'very necessary' and 'somewhat necessary'. 65.0% said they would like to use the system. However, the acknowledge level of 50.0% is still low and is thought to need further national promotion and propagation. 3. The demand of the subjects against 55 Home Care Services was investigated and found as

. 'Assessment, Lab, basic nursing technology, relay ' transfer, training ' education and curative nursing' showed comparatively high scores. However, the items belonging to pediatric Home Care Services such as 'umbilical cord care, breast-feeding, infant care, and post-partum care & loan of breast-pump' showed relatively low scores.

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