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Development of Needs Assessment Instrument for Hospice Care in Families of the Patients with Cancer
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Kang Kyung-Ah
Kim Shin-Jeong
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Abstract
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Purpose£ºThe purpose of this study was to develop a tool to assess the need for hospice care in families of patients with cancer.
Method£ºResearch design was a methodological study. The tool was developed in 3 stages : first, preliminary items were developed based on a questionnaire about the needs for hospice care that was given to 8 families of patients with cancer; second, a panel of specialists reduced the number of preliminary items using 2 validity tests on the contents. Finally, reliability and validity were tested by a sample of 98 families who have a patient with cancer from April 2003 to July 2004.
Result£ºCronbach¡¯s alpha coefficient for internal consistency was .94 for the final total 22 items. Using the factor analysis, 4 factors with eigenvalue of more than 1.0 were extracted and these factors explained 65% of the total variance. The four factors were labeled as ¡¯control of terminal physical problems¡¯, ¡¯emotional care¡¯, ¡¯spiritual care for preparing for death¡¯, and ¡¯family support¡¯. The final items of the tool developed on the need of hospice care consisted of 22 items.
Conclusion£ºThe instrument, for accessing the need for hospice care in families of patients with cancer, developed in this study was identified as a tool with a high degree of reliability and validity. In this sense, this tool can be effectively utilized for implementing and improving hospice care for patients with terminal cancer.
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KEYWORD
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Hospice Care, Cancer, Family, Need
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