Discharge Education and Educational Demands After Hospital Discharge for Mothers of Pediatric Cancer Patients

암 환아 어머니가 받은 퇴원시 교육정도와 퇴원후 교육요구도

Purpose: this study is attempted to provide basic data on development of systematic discharge educational programs for discharging cancer patients. Method: The subjects of this study were 132 mothers whose children were diagnosed with cancer and being treated at 3 university hospitals in Busan. The data were collected from December 1 to February 28, 2005, and were analyzed Using SPSS WIN 10.0. Result: The degree of education at the time of discharge from hospital was statistically significantly lower than that of educational demand after the discharge. Such demand significantly varied in accordance with the length of period passed after the discharge. Mother’s educational demand was significantly different in accordance with generation characteristics of her child with cancer, especially the first period of hospitalization and change in weight Conclusions: mothers of children with cancer were higher in educational demand after the child’s discharge from hospital than in education provided at the time of the discharge. Such demand was different in accordance with the length of period passed after the child's discharge from hospital.