Journal of Korean Public Health Nursing (한국보건간호학회지)
- Volume 11 Issue 1
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- Pages.82-92
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- 1997
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- 1226-0290(pISSN)
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- 2234-2869(eISSN)
The Experience of the Stroke Patients about the Use of Oriental Medicine
뇌졸중 환자의 한방의료 이용 경험
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Kim Lee Sun
(Department of Nursing, Dong-Eui University)
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김이순
(동의대학교 자연과학대학 간호학과)
- Published : 1997.03.01
Abstract
Cerebrovascular diseases in Korea is an important health problem since mortality and mobidity have been increased rapidly. It marked the 2nd cause of specific death rates in 1993. The subjects of the study were seventeen citizens who are using to the Oriental Medicine. The data were collected from Apr. to Oct. 1996. The researcher as a caregiver and volunteer made confidence of them and asked for their agreement on the purpose of the study. The subjects expressed their experience as openheartedly as possible. The researcher described closely the experiences of using to the Oriental Medicine with there words themselves and under the observation of the reseacher. A tape-recorder was used under the permission of the subjects to prevent the leakage of the spoken information and communication. The analysis of the data was made through the phenomenological analytic method suggested by Van Kaam, which is as follows; as an unit of description which include the subject' expressions and the researcher's observation. The conclusions of this study was as follows : one hundred eighteen descriptive expression found and they were grouped eighteen common factors. These are
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