This study was conducted to provide the data for the improvement of home health nursing services through the investigation of burden and satisfaction felt by family caregivers under home health nursing care.
The study subjects consisted of 200 family caregivers who were enrolled in six university hospital home care services.
Data were collected by using constructed questionnaires through mail from March to April of 1999, and analyzed by using t-test, ANOVA, Duncan-test, and Pearson Correlation Coefficients.
The results were as follows:
1. The mean score of burden was 2.24. Among the six burden dimensions, the highest score was marked in time-dependence dimension.
Caregivers were found to have greater burden in the low income families living in flats.
In relation to the characteristics of patients, higher scores were shown in the male patients with cerebrospinal diseases, who also revealed higher score of dependency in the Activities of Daily Living.
As a whole, there was no significant difference between home nursing care and clinical nursing care in terms of family caregivers´ burden.
The burden of time-dependence dimension in home nursing care was significantly higher than that of clinical nursing care while the burdens of physical, social, and financial dimensions were significantly lower than those of the clinical nursing care.
2. The mean score of satisfaction was 3.14. Among the six items, the highest score was marked in the nursing care and treatment skill, while the lowest score was marked in the cost containment. Family caregivers with higher academic background and higher income showed higher satisfaction score.
The mean score of home care nursing was significantly higher than that of clinical nursing care.
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