KMID : 0384920080170010064
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Korean Journal of Occupational Health Nursing 2008 Volume.17 No. 1 p.64 ~ p.75
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Analysis of PCAs¡¯ Activity Classification System and Time of Personal Care Attendants(PCAs) Who Works in Wamco(Workers Accident Medical Corporation)
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Kim Chun-Mi
Oh Jin-Joo Choi Jeong-Myung
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Abstract
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Purpose: The purpose of this study was to analyze of PCAs¡¯ activity classification system and time of PCAs who worked in Wamco.
Method: The data were collected from 2 WAMCO and 308 subjects between February and August, 2007, by questionnaire and 24 time survey. The data were processed with SPSS Win 12.0.
Result: In activity analysis, PCAs¡¯ activities were classified into 20 domains and 76 activities, which were hygiene, bathing, feeding & nutrition, elimination, respiration, skin care, exercise & transfer, problematic behavior control, communication, observation & measurement?comfort, medication, assisting test & treatment, reporting, environment management, patient belongings care, education attendance, indirect caregiving weekly/monthly PCAs¡¯ activity. And the PCAs¡¯ time analysis showed the average of 24hrs PCAs¡¯ time were 798.8 minutes, in which 46.8% were used in day-duty, 33.6% in evening-duty, and 19.6% in night-duty. There were no statistically significant difference in total PCAs time according to the type of industrial accidents and PCAs¡¯ type and qualification. But there were statistically significant difference in total PCAs time according to the type of PCAs
(day-duty/all-night vigil.
Conclusion: The results of this study can be utilized usefully and reasonally in deciding of PCAs staffing and PCAs¡¯ type and grade in WAMCO.
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KEYWORD
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Industrial accidents, Caregivers
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