This study was conducted to provide basic policy of home care service centered on early discharging patients from general hospitals.
Ths subjects for this study were 291 discharging patients from university hospital in Chon-ju area.
The data were collected during the period from July 1, 1993 through July 16, 1993. The measurement tools were developed based on 9 categorized human responses patterns suggested by NANDA and modified by the research team. The collected data were processed with SPSS/PC+ frequency, percentage and mean were used for analysis.
From the study, the following summerized conclusions have been drown.
A. For home care needs, the mean was 19.0% of possible to total 100 and in a range of 6.2∼39.5%
1. Exchanging Pattern : 17.8%
2. Communication Pattern : 8.6%
3. Relating Pattern : 15.4%
4. Valuing Pattern : 13.4%
5. Choosing Pattern : 6.2%
6. Moving Pattern : 22.9%
7. Perceiving Pattern : 16.5%
8. Knowing Pattern : 30.8%
9. Feeling Pattern : 39.5%
B. Response to home care services,
1. 85.6% of subjects didn´t hear about home care service.
2. Over 90.0% subjects approved home care service.
3. 83.5% of subjects were willing to use home care service.
4. 85.9% of subjects will follow to early discharge order.
On the basis of this findings, further studies are required to compare home care needs between patients, their family and community health people groups.
And also required to develop ta information strategies for home care nursing service.
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