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KMID : 0922320120190010037
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Journal of Korean Academic Society of Home Care Nursing
2012 Volume.19 No. 1 p.37 ~ p.45
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Brain Injury Patients’s Disability Degree and Educational Needs of Family Caregivers
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Yun Sun-Hee
Yoo Yang-Sook
Cho Ok-Hee
Hwang Kyung-Hye
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Abstract
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Purpose: This study was conducted in order to identify the brain injury patients’s disability degree and educational needs of family caregivers.
Methods: A convenience sample of 94 families with brain injury patients, who have been receiving treatment at the neurological intensive care unit and neurosurgery ward, were used. Data was collected with a self-report questionnaire from September 5 to November 28, 2011, and was analyzed using SAS program.
Results: ’Defecation/urination’ disability was the highest score of patient’s physical disability and the next ranking was ’paralysis’. ’Memory impairment’ disability was the highest score of patient’s cognitive disability, and the next ranking was ’personality changes’. Overall, educational needs of family caregivers scored 4.15 out of the perfect score of 5. The factor, which scored highest, was ’information related with disease’. In addition, educational needs of family caregivers were positively related with patient’s degree of.
Conclusion: Educational needs of family caregivers are distinct, according to the disability degree of brain injury patient. Therefore, the study suggests the development of individualized educational program for family with brain injury patient.
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KEYWORD
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brain injury, caregiver, needs assessment
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