Journal of Korean Academic Society of Home Health Care Nursing (가정간호학회지)
- Volume 18 Issue 2
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- Pages.108-117
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- 2011
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- 1738-7590(pISSN)
The Development of a Homecare Nursing Assessment Tool for Terminal Cancer Patients
말기암환자의 가정간호 사정도구 개발
- Kim, Hae-Young (Seoul St. Mary's Hospital Home Care Nursing Center) ;
- Chung, Hyun-Suk (Seoul St. Mary's Hospital Home Care Nursing Center) ;
- Jeon, Byoung-Hak (Department of Social and Preventive Medicine, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine) ;
- Cho, Young-Yi (Seoul St. Mary's Hospital Home Care Nursing Center)
- Received : 2011.10.19
- Accepted : 2011.12.03
- Published : 2011.12.31
Abstract
Purpose: The purpose of this study is to develop a homecare nursing assessment tool for terminal cancer patients, testing the validity and reliability of the tool. Methods: This was a methodological study. The tool was developed in four stages: first, preliminary items were developed based on Gordon' functional health pattern model; second, a panel of specialists reduced the number of preliminary items using validity tests for content; third, final items were selected from the results of a pre-test. Finally, from August 4th, 2011 to August 26th, 2011, reliability and validity were tested using a sample of 125 terminal cancer patients in Seoul and Gyeonggi-do. Results: The final tool consisted of 39 items, with Cronbach's