Child Health Nursing Research

Korean Academy of Child Health Nursing (한국아동간호학회)
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Influence of Hospitalization Recognition and Hospital-Related Fear on the Adjustment to Hospital Life by Hospitalized School-Aged Children

학령기 입원아동의 입원상황 인지 및 병원 관련 공포가 입원생활 적응에 미치는 영향

  • Kang, Mi-Jeong (Department of Nursing, Samsung Changwon Hospital) ;
  • Kwon, In-Soo (College of Nursing, Gyeongsang National University) ;
  • Jeong, Eun (Department of Nursing, Gwangyang Health Sciences University)
  • Received : 2016.12.14
  • Accepted : 2017.07.18
  • Published : 2017.07.31
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Abstract

Purpose: This study was done to identify the level of adjustment to hospital life, hospitalization recognition and hospital-related fear by school-aged children, and investigate the influence of hospitalization recognition and hospital-related fear on the hospital life of these children. Methods: Participants were 112 three to six grade students who were hospitalized from 3 to 7 days at one of two children's hospital. Date were collected from September 2015 to March 2016. Data were analyzed using frequency, percentage, mean, standard deviation, multiple regression. Results: The mean score for adjustment to hospital life was $3.43{\pm}0.40$ of 5, for hospitalization recognition, $2.98{\pm}0.46$ of 4 and for hospital-related fear, $1.37{\pm}0.28$ of 3. Factors affecting adjustment to hospital life were hospital-related fear (${\beta}=-.28$, p=.002) and hospitalization recognition (${\beta}=.27$, p=.003). These factors explained 17% of the variance in adjustment to hospital life. Conclusion: Results indicate that adjustment to hospital life by school-aged children is not sufficient enough for them to cope with illnesses and hospitalization. Therefore, to improve adjustment to hospital life by school-aged children, nursing interventions that focus on increasing hospitalization recognition and decreasing hospital-related fear need to be developed.

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