School aged Children's Adjustment to Hospital Life.
- Author:
Jina OH
1
Author Information
1. Department of Nursing, Inje University, Korea. ohjina@inje.ac.kr
- Publication Type:Original Article
- Keywords:
Adjustment;
School aged children
- MeSH:
Child;
Child, Hospitalized;
Hospitalization;
Humans;
Nursing;
Child Health
- From:Korean Journal of Child Health Nursing
2003;9(4):399-407
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
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Abstract:
PURPOSE: The study was done to identify adjustment to hospital life of school aged children. This research was designed as a descriptive study. METHOD: A convenience sample of 186 patients who were hospitalized children, 6~12 years old. The instrument in this study were developed by researcher and constructed to include 5 sub categories about adjustment to hospital life. They ask children to rate each item on 5 Likert scale. The data were analyzed by SPSS Win Program. RESULT: The mean average score of adjustment to hospital life was 91.75(SD+/-11.22); the social support revealed the highest value, followed by self-esteem, stress on disease, stress on hospitalization, and defense strategies. There was differences on bibliographic data; hospital date, disease type. The relationship between adjustment and sub categories was significant, especially in the stress on hospitalization and disease, social support and self-esteem. The relationship between coping strategies and stress on diseases was reversed. CONCLUSION: These results suggest that pediatric nurses need to be aware of the adjustment to hospital life. A development of nursing intervention program may be useful and critical for hospitalized school aged children.
