Study for Revision of the Korean Patient Classification System
10.22650/JKCNR.2018.24.1.113
- Author:
Kyung Ja SONG
1
;
Woan Heui CHOI
;
Eun Ha CHOI
;
Sung Hyun CHO
;
Mi YU
;
Mi Mi PARK
;
Joongyub LEE
Author Information
1. Chief Advisor for Nursing Division, Seoul National University Hospital, Affiliated Professor, Colleage of Nursing, Seoul National University, Korea.
- Publication Type:Original Article
- Keywords:
Patient;
Classification;
Nursing;
Workload
- MeSH:
Classification;
Humans;
Nursing;
Patients' Rooms
- From:
Journal of Korean Clinical Nursing Research
2018;24(1):113-126
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
PURPOSE: The purpose of this study was to revise the KPCS-1 and to standardize the three patient classification systems for general ward, ICU and NICU. The actual utilization of the KPCS-1 score and each nursing activity was evaluated and the relationships between KPCS-1 score and nursing related variables were reviewed. METHODS: The 47,711 KPCS-1 scores of 6,931 patients who discharged from 1st to 30th April 2017 were analyzed and the statistical significance between KPCS-1 score and nursing related variables was reviewed by Generalized Estimating Equation. The revision of the KPCS-1 was carried out by Partial Least Square model. The 3 patient classification systems (KPCS-1,KPCSC and KPCSN) were standardized by professional reviews. RESULTS: KPCS-1 was a valid instrument to express nursing condition adequately and was revised as a new version which has 34 nursing activity items. The names and terminologies of pre-existing 3 patient classification systems developed by KHNA were standardized as KPCS-GW, KPCS-ICU, KPCS-NICU. CONCLUSION: KPCS-1 was a valid instrument to represent diverse nursing conditions precisely and was revised as a 34-item KPCS-GW. The terminologies of the other patient classification systems by KHNA were standardized as KPCS-ICU and KPCS-NICU.
