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KMID : 1033320160060020059
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Global Health & Nursing
2016 Volume.6 No. 2 p.59 ~ p.68
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Effects of the Provision ofRelocation Information in Patients Transferred to GeneralWards froman Intensive Care Unit
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Park Jong-Mi
Seo Ji-Min
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Abstract
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Purpose: The aimof this study was to identify the effects of the provision of relocation information on relocation stress and transfer anxiety in patients transferred to general wards froman intensive care unit.
Methods: This study was a non-equivalent control group posttest only design. The subjects were 60 patients of a surgical intensive care unit at P university hospital; 30 were assigned to the experimental group and 30 to the control group. Data were analyzed using the SPSS/WIN 12.0 program and included descriptive statistics, chi-square, and Mann-Whitney U test.
Results: The experimental group, who were given information, had lower relocation stress (Z=-3.07, p=.002), lower transfer anxiety (Z=-2.64, p=.008) and higher information satisfaction (Z=-3.96, p<.001) than the control group.
Conclusion: Providing relocation information for patients in the transfer process to general wards froman intensive care unit reduces patients' relocation stress and transfer anxiety. The provision of relocation information in patients transferred to general wards from intensive care units is recommended as a nursing intervention.
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KEYWORD
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Stress, Psychological, Anxiety, Patient transfer, Intensive care units
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