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EffectsoftheProvisionofRelocationInformationinPatientsTransferredto GeneralWardsfromanIntensiveCareUnit

  • Global Health and Nursing
  • Abbr : Global Health Nurs
  • 2016, 6(2), pp.59-68
  • DOI : 10.35144/ghn.2016.6.2.59
  • Publisher : Research Institute of Nursing Science
  • Research Area : Medicine and Pharmacy > Nursing Science
  • Published : July 31, 2016

박종미 1 Seo Ji-Min ORD ID 2

1부산대학교병원
2부산대학교

Candidate

ABSTRACT

Purpose: Theaimofthisstudywastoidentifytheeffectsoftheprovisionofrelocationinformationonrelocationstress andtransferanxietyinpatientstransferredtogeneralwardsfromanintensivecareunit. Methods: Thisstudywas anon-equivalentcontrolgroupposttestonlydesign.Thesubjectswere60patientsofasurgicalintensivecareunit atPuniversityhospital;30wereassignedtotheexperimentalgroupand30tothecontrolgroup.Datawereanalyzed using the SPSS/WIN 12.0 program and included descriptive statistics, chi-square, and Mann-Whitney U test. Results: Theexperimentalgroup,whoweregiveninformation,hadlowerrelocationstress(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: Providingrelocationinformationforpatientsinthetransferprocesstogeneralwardsfromanintensive careunitreducespatients'relocationstressandtransferanxiety.Theprovisionofrelocationinformationinpatients transferred to general wards from intensive care units is recommended as a nursing intervention.

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