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KMID : 0377619910560040251
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Korean Jungang Medical Journal
1991 Volume.56 No. 4 p.251 ~ p.266
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A Study on the Applellations of Adult Admitted Patients in Korea
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Abstract
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This study is aimed at searching the culturally appropriate appellations of adult admitted patients in Korea.
The subjects were 208 male adult paitents and 229 female adult patients admitted at 3 university hospitals in Taegu city. This study has been conducted for collecting data from November 5 to December 8, 1990.
The tool of this study was a questionnaire which was developed by the researcher. This tool was composed of the importance of appellation, the checklist of present appellations, and the checklist of appropriate appellations.
Analysis of data was done by calculation of frequency and percentage, and the results were as follows.
1. The response of the importance of patient´s appellation which used by nurses were `very important´ 14.4 %, `important´ 51.5 %, `moderate´ 27.7 %, `not important´ 5.9 %, no response 0.5 %. So response of more than `important´ was 65.9 %.
2. `Mr.-´ (-ssi, -31 ) was the most frequently called appellation among male and female patients at present. The second frequently called appellation was ´uncle /aunt´ (ajeossi, o}xj 41 / aj uma, 4- ´l- ).
In male patients, according to the age, in the twenties (60.4 %), and the thirties (63.3 %), they were called `Mr.-´ frequently. But in the forties (53.5 %), the fifties (41.4 %), the sixties (32.0 %), they were called `Mr.-´ infrequently continuously. On the other hand, in the forties (45.1 %), and the fifties (44.7 %), they were called frequently `uncle/-uncle´. And over the sixties (56.0 %), they were called `grandfather´ (halabeoji, z old Al ) frequently.
In female patients, ´-ssi´ was used frequently in the twenties (59.5 %), and the thirties (60.6 %). But in the forties (53.4 %), the fifties (50.0 %), and the sixties (30.8 %), ´-ssi´ was decreased continuously. Be called `aunt´ was increased continuously from the twenties (24.0 %) to the forties (41.9 %), but it was decreased sharply from the fifties (15.3 %) to the sixties (6.1 %). Over the sixties, `grandmother´ (halmeoni, i- i q ) (60.1 %) was the most frequently called appellation.
Patients aged sixteen to twenty-nine were called various appellations.
3. The most appropriate appellation which was chosen by patients, was `Mr.-´ as same as the most frequent called appellation at present. The next appropriate appellation was ´uncle; aunt´.
In male patients, according to the age, ´Mr.-´was chosen frequently by the twenties (82.3 %), and the thirties (76.7 %). But it was decreased continuously in the forties (49.0 %), the fifties (35.0 %), and the sixties (21.0 %).
`Uncle/-uncle´ was chosen frequently by the forties (45.1 %), and the fifties (57.5 %). And over the sixties, `grandfather´ (63.2 %) was chosen as the most appropriate appellation.
In female patients, ´-ssi´ was the most frequent chosen appellation in the twenties (74.6 %). But ´-ssi´ was decreased continuously in the thirties (69.8 %), the forties (56.2 %), the fifties (44.0 %), over the sixties (19.6 %). `Aunt/-aunt´ was chosen frequently in the forties (43.8 %), the fifties (40.0 %). And patients aged over sixties preferred to ´grandmother´ (71.7 %).
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