This quasi-experimental study was taken in order to see if information increases the compliance of sick role behavior, to examine degree of contentment with health professionals and then explore the effect of information on it. In addition, I examined the variables that influenced their sick role behavior. The variables included general characters, health locus of control and degree of contentment with health professionals.
The sample included 60 patients; 30 subjects were assigned to the control group and 30 subjects to the experimental group. Data were collected from August 1 to October 2 in 1997 at a hospital in Taegu
The experimental group was provided with information via booklet designed by the researcher and assisted with professor, orthopedic residents, nurses, nutritionist, while the control group was given only routine care. Data were analyzed using chi-square test, t-test, ANOVA, paired t-test, pearson correlation and stepwise multiple regression with SAS program.
The results were as follows
1. The hypothesis that the compliance of sick role behavior will vary with health locus of control was not supported(t=.99, p=.3844)
2. The hypothesis that degree of contentment with health professionals will vary with health locus of control was supported(t=1.00, p=.3794)
3. The hypothesis that the compliance of sick role behavior will be higher in patients who received information than those not received it was not supported(t.=5951, p=.3494)
4. The hypothesis that degree of contentment with health professionals will be higher in patients who received information than those not received it was not supported(t=0.3819, p=06l8)
5. The hypothesis that the higher degree of contentment with health professionals, the higher the compliance of sick role behavior was supported(r=.4684, p<.0l)
6. In order to determine which variables were predictors of the compliance of sick role behavior, stepwise multiple regression analysis was performed. The stronger predictor was hospital stay which explained 15.6% of the variance in the compliance of sick role behavior. And degree of contentment with health professionals explained 15%. Sex explained about 3.8% and Age explained about 2.7%.
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