A qualitative study on the feasibility of contracted nursing services for disabled persons
10.3760/cma.j.cn114798-20220610-00593
- VernacularTitle:残疾人家庭医生签约护理服务可行性的质性研究
- Author:
Lan DING
1
;
Yu WANG
;
Jing DING
;
Shu CAI
;
Yuchun LIU
;
Xueping DU
Author Information
1. 首都医科大学附属复兴医院月坛社区卫生服务中心,北京100045
- Keywords:
Nurses;
Disabled persons;
Community health services;
Qualitative research;
Semi-structured interview
- From:
Chinese Journal of General Practitioners
2022;21(10):947-952
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
Objective:To investigate the feasibility of contracted nursing services for disabled persons.Methods:A qualitative study on the feasibility of contracted nursing services for disabled persons was conducted from August 2020 to October 2020 with the phenomenological method. Community nurses were selected with the purpose of sampling method from Yuetan and Baizhifang Community Health Service Centers in Beijing Xicheng District for semi-constructed interviews, and 12 community nurses were finally interviewed according to the principle of information saturation. The research team took field notes, audio recordings and transcriptions of the interviews, coded to refine the themes, and fed back with the respondents to confirm the accuracy of the themes.Results:All the interviewed nurses thought that the contents of basic medical and public health required by the Guidance manual of contracted services of family doctors for disabled persons (the manual) including basic documentation, appointments, pre-diagnosis and post-diagnosis services, home care, rehabilitation nursing guidance, referral services and extended nursing services for the disabled and their families could be completed. All interviewees said that the manual had a guiding role in contracted services for disabled persons. Eight interviewed nurses believed that the manual involved referral services and rehabilitation care, but the technical guidance content did not meet the actual work needs and it should be supplemented and improved; 9 interviewees pointed out that there was a lack of communication with various types of disabled people in service practice, especially for those with vision, hearing, mental disabilities and disabled children; 7 interviewees said that it the free home care for the disabled was not sustainable. Conclusion:The contracted nursing services for disabled persons are feasible and the manual has a guiding role for the practice,and some contents need to be added in the manual to further improve service capacity for disabled people.