A survey on in-patients' demands of continuing care after discharged

VernacularTitle:对住院病人出院后连续护理需求的调查分析
Author: Yu-Ling LIU ¹ ; Xia SHI ; Xiu-Hua YANG ; Xue-Mei WANG ; Xue-Lian ZHANG
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1. 江苏省徐州市第一人民医院
Keywords: Care needs; Discharged; Survey
From: Chinese Journal of Modern Nursing 2009;15(33):3471-3473
CountryChina
Language:Chinese
Abstract: Objective To investigate in-patients' demands of continuing care after discharged.Methods 216 in-patients from different clinical wards were surveyed by questionnaire. The data were analyzed by description and correlation analysis methods. Results 81.94% in-patients expressed that they still need continuing care after discharged. The top of six needs were health information, psychological counseling, basic nursing, specific nursing, consulting hours and basic disease related knowledge. Popular methods of care services ranked from highest to lowest were provision of literal material, individual guidance, lecture,communication between fellow patients and providing video and recorded data. Conclusions Discharged patients still need well targeted, personalized and continuing care services.