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KMID : 0856920020050020155
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Journal of Hospice and Palliative Care
2002 Volume.5 No. 2 p.155 ~ p.162
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Survey on the Hospice Care Needs of Hospice Volunteers
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Kang Hee-Sook
Kim Jeoung-Hee
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Abstract
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Purpose: The purpose of this study is to provide preliminary information on the hospice care needs of hospice volunteers.
Methods: The sample of this study was obtained from those who completed the hospice volunteer education program in three different areas in Korea. This study was conducted by a self-administered questionnaire. The sample analyzed for this study contained 88 hospice volunteers. Frequency, percentage, mean, standard deviation, and logistic regression analysis were performed to produce the findings of this study.
Results: The characteristics of the study sample were 40~49 aged, middle class, Christianity, married women with high school diplomas. They attended at the hospice center with less than 1 year experience. Majority of them had no family members who received a hospice care. The hospice care was strongly required in the field of information, particularly regarding their diseases and treatments. The identified hospice care needs were the prevention and treatment of gangrene in the field of physical needs, the maintenance of closer relationship with their doctors in the field of emotional needs, and the support of supporting medical insurance in the field of socioeconomic needs. The significant predictors were ‘having hospice care taker among family members’ in the field of the total hospice care needs and physical needs. Two predictable variables were found in the field of emotional needs. However, none were found to be a predictable variable in the field of information and socioeconomic needs.
Conclusion: The findings of this study have a weekness of generalizability due to the sampling methodology used in this study. Thus, further research should be designed in relation to this topic with a probability sampling method.
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KEYWORD
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Hospice volunteer, Hospice care needs
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