| Effectiveness of the Education for the Medication and Symptoms Management on the Psychiatric Patients′Self-care Activity : Focused on Out-patients |
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Kyung-Hee Son1, Jeung-Iee Bai2 |
1Department of Nursing, College of Natural Science, Dongeui University
2Department of Nursing, College of Medicine, Inje University |
| 약물 및 증상 관리교육이 정신질환자의 자가 간호활동에 미치는 효과 - 외래환자를 중심으로 - |
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손경희1, 배정이2 |
1동의대학교 자연대학 간호학과
2인제대학교 의과대학 간호학과 |
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| Abstract |
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This study is an attempt to evaluate the effect of the medication and symptoms management education on the psychiatric patients′self-care activity. This exploratory study was designed to a quasi-experiment of pretest-posttest with a non equivalent control group. Subjects of 40 patients who were discharged from a mental hospital in Pusan were selected to be experiment and control group, with each group consisting of 20.
The research period was from March, 6 to May, 29, 1999 and the pre-post test was given before and after implementing the medication and symptoms management education to the both experiment and control group.
The results finding were summarized as follows ;
1. subjects who attended the medication and symptom management education scored significantly higher than control group in self-care activity(Z=-2.57, P=0.001). 2. Those who were in the experiment group reported more significant higher scores than control group in item of self-care activity, medication compliance(Z=-3.03, P=0.002), clinic visiting(Z=-4.49, P=0.000), hygiene (Z=-4.675, P=0.000), elimination(Z=-2.62, P=0.009), safety(Z=-2.31, P=0.021), leisure activity(Z=-3.11, P=0.002). |
| Key Words:
Psychosocial rehabilitation; Patient education; Self-care activity |
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