A Study on the Needs and Understanding about the Home Physical Therapy System

가정 물리치료제도에 대한 인식 및 필요에 대한 조사연구 -가정간호수습생을 대상으로-

The purpose of this study was to investigate the need and understanding about the physical therapy. The subjects of this study were 101 licensee nurses who was taking the home nursing trainers. The results were as follows: 1. The home nursing trainers(97.1%) were required the need for home physical therapy service. The reasons which requires the home physical therapy were 'the increased elderly patients(97.0%)', 'the early leaving of the hospital(96.0.%)', 'the lack of caretakers(96.0%)', and 'the increased chronic patients(96.0%)'. 2. The ratio of affirmation of home physical therapy system was 97% of the home nursing trainers, the reasons which were helped the patients was 'the saved time(97.0%)'. 'the decreased psychological stress(95.0%)' 'the continuing treatment after discharge(93.0%)' and 'the teaching patients and caretakers(93.0%)'. 3. The main center which was organized the home physical therapy service was 'the department of home physical therapy arid the home nurse(42.6%)', 'the department of home nurse(22.8%)', and 'the department of home physical therapy(1l.9%)'. 4. The home nursing trainers wanted to learn the home physical therapy methods for chronic patients(95.0%). The contents of home physical therapy methods was 'the therapeutic exercise for preventing deformity(15.4%)', and 'maintenance of normal posture and howe to change body position(12.4%)'. 5. Statistically significant difference in the teams (the home physical therapy, the home nurse, and the home physical therapy with the home nurse) was found between the age groups, and statistically significant difference in the teams was found between the educational degree groups.