Journal of Hospice and Palliative Care

Korean Society for Hospice and Palliative Care (한국호스피스완화의료학회)
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The Impact of Nursing Hospital Workers' Hospice·Palliative Care Knowledge and Awareness, End-of-Life Care Attitude and Death Awareness on Their End-of-Life Care Performance

요양병원 근무자의 호스피스 완화돌봄 지식과 인식, 임종돌봄 태도, 죽음에 대한 인식이 임종돌봄 수행에 미치는 영향

  • Park, Meera (Department of Nursing, Changshin University) ;
  • Je, Nam Joo (Department of Nursing, Changshin University)
  • Received : 2018.08.09
  • Accepted : 2018.11.28
  • Published : 2018.12.01
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Abstract

Purpose: This descriptive study is aimed at identifying how nursing hospital workers' performance of end-of-life care is influenced by their knowledge and awareness of hospice palliative care, attitude towards end-of-life care, performance, importance, awareness of death and the factors. Methods: A self-reported questionnaire was used to collect data from 113 workers at an accredited nursing hospital in K province. Variables were their knowledge and awareness of hospice palliative care, attitude towards end-of-life care, end-of-life care performance and importance and awareness of death. An analysis was performed with the frequency, percentage, mean, standard deviation, t-test, ANOVA, Scheffe's test, Pearson's correlation coefficient and multiple regression using IBM SPSS 21.0. Results: The factors affecting the nursing hospital workers' end-of-life care performance were the importance of end-of-life care and their marital status, which showed an explanatory power of 38.2%. Conclusion: In order to improve the nursing hospital workers' end-of-life care performance, a training on the importance of end-of-life care should be provided. Therefore, we would like to propose establishing administrative measures such as 1) efficient staffing to help the caregivers better perform what they think is important, 2) development of a training program that can improve their performance of end-of-life nursing care and 3) a study to verify the effectiveness of the program.

목적: 본 연구는 요양병원 근무자를 대상으로 호스피스 완화돌봄에 대한 지식과 인식 및 임종돌봄 태도, 수행도, 중요도, 죽음에 대한 인식하고 임종돌봄 수행에 영향을 미치는 요인을 파악하기 위한 서술적 조사연구이다. 방법: K도에 소재한 의료기관평가인증을 받은 요양병원에 근무하는 113명의 근무자를 대상으로 자가 보고식 설문지를 이용하여 자료를 수집하였다. 호스피스 완화돌봄 지식, 호스피스 완화돌봄 인식, 임종돌봄 태도, 임종돌봄 수행도 및 중요도, 죽음에 대한 인식 등의 변수를 사용하였다. IBM SPSS 21.0을 이용하여 빈도, 백분율, 평균, 표준편차, t-test, ANOVA, Scheffe's test, Pearson's correlation coefficient, Multiple regression로 분석하였다. 결과: 요양병원 근무자의 임종돌봄 수행도에 영향을 미치는 요인은 임종돌봄 중요도와 결혼유무이었으며, 이는 38.2%의 설명력을 보였다. 결론: 요양병원간호사의 임종돌봄 수행도를 향상시키기 위하여 임종돌봄 중요도에 대한 교육이 필요하며, 그들이 중요하다고 생각되는 것을 잘 수행할 수 있도록 효율적인 인력배치 등의 행정적인 방안을 수립하고 임종돌봄 수행도를 향상시킬 수 있는 교육프로그램 개발 및 효과검증을 하는 연구 수행을 제안하는 바이다.

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