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The Caregiver's Knowledge and Practice about Preventive Behavior for Urinary Tract Infection in Long-term Care Facilities

노인요양시설 요양보호사의 요로감염 예방행위에 대한 지식과 실천

  • Received : 2019.07.30
  • Accepted : 2019.10.03
  • Published : 2019.10.31
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Abstract

The purpose of this study was to survey the knowledge and practice about preventive behavior for urinary tract infection in caregivers, and ultimately to provide the basic information in terms of urinary tract infection prevention. Participants in this study were caregivers who working at the 7 long-term care facilities in J-city of South Korea. Total 198 were participated in this study. Descriptive statistics, t-test, one-way ANOVA, and scheffe test were performed using SPSS Windows for 21.0 program. The correct answer rate for the knowledge about preventive behavior of urinary tract infection was 79%. The practice of urinary tract infection preventive behavior were significantly differed by the number of nurses, the number of elderly, working time and the experience, perceived importancy, necessity with education for urinary tract infection. The preventive behavior for urinary tract infection in caregivers should be supervised by health care providers. Moreover, it should be needed to educate and apply the basic education program to improve the caregivers' knowledge and practice for preventive behavior in urinary tract infection by healthcare providers. Continuous infection monitor and education by healthcare providers can be contributed the quality of elderly caring services and development of monitoring system for urinary tract infection in long-term care facilities.

본 연구의 목적은 노인요양시설의 요양보호사를 대상으로 요로감염 예방행위와 관련된 지식과 실천 정도를 조사하여 간호사가 요양보호사에게 요로감염 예방행위의 중요성을 인지시키고 지도, 교육하는데 필요한 기초자료를 제공하고자 시도된 서술적 조사연구이다. 연구대상은 J도에 소재한 7개의 노인요양시설에서 근무하는 요양보호사 198명이였다. 자료분석을 위해 t-test, one-way ANOVA, Scheffes test로 분석을 실시하였다. 요로감염 예방행위에 대한 지식의 정답률은 79%였으며, 대상자의 일반적 및 직무관련 특성에 따른 요로감염 예방행위에 대한 실천은 근무하는 간호사의 수, 담당 노인의 수, 근무시간, 교육의 중요성과 필요성을 인지한 군, 교육을 받은 경험에서 통계적으로 유의한 차이가 나타났다. 본 연구결과를 바탕으로 요양보호사를 위한 체계적인 교육을 통한 지식함양 요구의 기초교육뿐 아니라 의료인에 의한 관리 감독 하에 지속적인 요로감염 예방행위의 실천은 노인요양시설의 기본 감염관리 체계를 완성하고 서비스의 질을 향상 시킬 수 있을 것이다.

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