• Journal of Korean Biological Nursing Science
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• 제23권3호
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• pp.237-246
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• 2021

Purpose: To determine effects of family conflict mitigation documentary programs on conflicts, autonomic nerve activation (ANA), and happiness of elderly in long-term care hospitals. Methods: This study used a non-equivalent control group with a pretest-posttest design. It was conducted on 39 elderly patients (19 in the experimental group and 20 in the control group) in long-term care hospitals. The experimental group (n=19) received family conflict mitigation documentary programs. The family conflict mitigation documentary programs consisted of four sessions (40-50 minutes per session). These programs were implemented in small groups, with each group having five elderly. Data were analyzed by sing the conflict checklist, the Oxford Happiness Questionnaire, Chi-square test with Fisher's exact test, independent t-test, paired t-test, and repeated measure ANOVA using the SPSS/WIN 21.0 program. Results: The participants in the experimental group showed significantly decreased scores of conflict (t=-2.31, p=.028) and the value of sympathetic nervous system activity (t=8.36, p=.007) compared with those of the control group. The participants in the experimental group showed significantly increased the value of parasympathetic nervous system activity (t=-2.91, p=.008) and scores of happiness (t=5.46, p<.001). Conclusion: The family conflict mitigation documentary programs on conflicts, ANA, and happiness of the elderly in long-term care hospitals are effective intervention programs for mitigating conflicts between elderlies and their families and for improving happiness of the elderly in long-term care hospitals.

• 한국응용과학기술학회지
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• 제37권6호
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• pp.1790-1797
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• 2020

본 연구는 요양병원 간호사의 간호근무환경, 도덕적 고뇌가 인간중심돌봄의 관계를 확인하고, 인간중심돌봄에 미치는 영향을 파악하기 위한 서술적 조사연구이다. D시와 G도 소재 요양병원에서 현재 근무하는 간호사를 대상으로 시행되었다. 자료수집은 2020년 5월 1일부터 31일까지로 총 154명을 SPSS 25.0로 분석하였다. 간호근무환경은 2.42점, 도덕적 고뇌는 3.27점, 인간중심돌봄은 3.60점이었다. 인간중심돌봄의 영향요인은 간호근무환경, 도덕적 고뇌로 나타났다. 이는 요양병원 간호사의 인간중심돌봄을 증진시키기 위한 방안으로 관리자들의 지속적인 관심으로 요양병원 간호사의 근무환경 개선과 도덕적 고뇌의 감소를 위한 실질적인 방안 마련이 필요해 보인다.

• 한국산학기술학회논문지
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• 제21권9호
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• pp.134-143
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• 2020

본 연구의 목적은 국내 요양병원에 입원한 감염병 환자의 실태를 파악하기 위함이다. 본 연구는 국내 요양병원에 입원한 감염병 환자의 실태를 조사하기 위한 서술적 조사연구이다. 798개의 요양병원을 대상으로 14개 감염병에 대해 2016년 1월 1일부터 2017년 12월 31일까지 2년 동안 지속적으로 운영된 요양병원에 입원한 감염병 환자수, 내원일수, 총 진료비 현황을 조사하였다. 2016년에 비해 2017년에 감염병 환자수, 내원일수, 총 진료비는 증가하였고, 요양병원에 많은 감염병은 클로스트리듐디피실리에 의한 장결장염, 인플루엔자, 옴이었다. 또한 연도별로 감염병이 발생한 요양병원 수를 확인한 결과, 인플루엔자, 클로스트리듐디피실리에 의한 장결장염, 카바페넴계내성 감염증이 발생한 병원이 2016년에 비해 2017년 증가하였다. 병상수에 따른 환자수는 150병상 이상 300병상 미만인 군이 가장 많았다. 따라서 요양병원에 많이 발생하는 클로스트리듐디피실리에 의한 장결장염, 인플루엔자, 옴에 대한 관리방안이 집중적으로 이루어져야 하며, 해당 질병에 대한 감염관리방법과 교육 등 가이드라인을 제공하는 것이 도움이 될 것이다. 또한 300병상 미만 요양병원에서의 감염관리를 위해 요양병원에 적용 가능한 감염감시기준을 마련하고, 감염관련시설 및 인력 확충을 지원하는 등 감염관리 시스템 구축이 필요하다.

• 보건행정학회지
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• 제32권4호
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• pp.347-355
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• 2022

Background: Since November 2019, long-term care hospitals have been able to provide patients with discharging programs to support the elderly in the community. This study aimed to identify both patient- and hospital-level factors that affect successful community discharge from long-term care hospitals. Methods: A multilevel logistic regression model was performed using hospitals as a clustering unit. The dependent variable was whether a patient stayed in the community for at least 30 days after discharge from a long-term care hospital. As for the patient-level independent variables, an agreement between a patient and the family about discharge, length of hospital stay, patient category, and residence at discharge were included. The number of beds and the ratio of long-stay patients were selected for the hospital-level factors. The sample size was 1,428 patients enrolled in the discharging program from November 2019 to December 2020. Results: The number of patients who were discharged to the community and stayed at least for 30 days was 532 (37.3%). The intraclass correlation coefficient was 22.9%, indicating that hospital-level factors had a significant impact on successful community discharge. The odds ratio (OR) of successful community discharge increased by 1.842 times when the patients and their families agreed on discharge. The ORs also increased by 3.020 or 2.681 times, respectively when the patients planned to discharge to their own house or their child's house compared to those who didn't have a plan for residence at discharge. The ORs increased by 1.922 or 2.250 times when the hospitals were owned by corporate or private property compared to publicly owned hospitals. The ORs decreased by 0.602 or 0.520 times when the hospital was sized over 400 beds or located in small and medium-sized cities compared to less than 200 bedded hospitals or located in metropolitan cities. Conclusion: The results of the study showed that the patients' and their family's willingness for discharge had a great impact on successful community discharge and the hospital-level factors played a significant role in it. Therefore, it is important to acknowledge and support long-term care hospitals to involve active in the patient discharge planning process.

• 보건행정학회지
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• 제11권3호
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• pp.31-45
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• 2001

With an economic development and epidemiologic transition, the burden of disease due to chronic diseases and accidents is increasing. However, in most of developing countries, long-term care facilities are not available, therefore acute care facilities should provide both acute and long-term care services. It is also true in Korea. The demand for long-term care services needs to be estimated to establish the adequate supply system of health resources. This article introduces the reclassification methodology of inpatients' healthcare utilization to acute and long-term care services. All discharged patients from hospitals for one month were analyzed. The distribution of inpatients' hospital days were fitted to Chi-squared distribution by ICD disease categories, and they were grouped in five clusters. For each cluster, the lower and upper limit of classification criteria to acute and long-term care services were chosen. Summarizing all hospital days corresponding to acute and long-term care respectively, 24 to 28 percent of inpatient services fumed out to be long-term care services. The study results are consistent with those of the existing studies. They can be used practically in the allocation of long-term care resources.

• 대한간호학회지
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• 제39권3호
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• pp.409-421
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• 2009

Purpose: In this research multi-level analysis was done to identify factors related to quality of services. Patient characteristics and organizational factors were considered. Methods: The data were collected from the Health Insurance Review and Assessment Service(HIRA) data base. The sample was selected from 17,234 patients who had been admitted between January 2007 and May 2008 to one of 253 long-term care hospitals located in Seoul, six other metropolitan cities or nine provinces The data were analyzed with SAS 9.1 using multi-level analysis. Results: The results indicated that individual level variables related to quality of service were age, cognitive ability, patient classification, and initial quality scores. The organizational level variables related to quality of service were ownership, number of beds, and turnover rate. The explanatory power of variables related to organizational level variances in quality of service was 23.72%. Conclusion: The results of this study indicate that differences in the quality of services were related to organizational factors. It is necessary to consider not only individual factors but also higher-level organizational factors such as nurse' welfare and facility standards if quality of service in long term care hospitals is to be improved.

• 대한간호학회지
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• 제44권4호
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• pp.418-427
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• 2014

Purpose: Objectives of this study were to investigate the association between efficiency and quality of health care in Long-term Care Hospitals (LTCH) and determine related factors that would enable achievement of both high efficiency and high quality at the same time. Methods: Major data sources were the "2012 Korean Assessment of Propriety by Long-term Care Hospitals" obtained from the Health Insurance Review & Assessment Service. Cost variables were supplemented by a National Tax Service accounting document. First, data envelopment analysis was performed by generating efficiency scores for each LTCH. Second, matrix analysis was conducted to ascertain association between efficiency and quality. Lastly, kruskal-wallis and mann-whitney tests were conducted to identify related factors. Results: First, efficiency and quality of care are not in a relationship of trade-offs; thus, LTCH can be confident that high efficiency-high quality can be achieved. Second, LTCH with a large number of beds, longer tenure of medical personnel, and adequate levels of investment were more likely to have improved quality as well as efficiency. Conclusion: It is essential to enforce legal standards appropriate to the facilities, reduce turnover of nursing staff, and invest properly in human resources. These consequences will help LTCH to maintain the balance of high efficiency-high quality in the long-run.

• 보건행정학회지
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• 제26권1호
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• pp.39-50
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• 2016

Background: This study examined patient and hospital factors related to long-stay admissions in long-term care hospitals (LTCHs) among older people in Korea. Methods: We analyzed health insurance claims data, entitlement data, and institutional administrative data from the National Health Insurance Service databases between 2010 and 2012. At the patient level, we compared characteristics of patients staying in LTCHs for over 180 days (the long-stay group) with those staying in LTCHs for less than 90 days during a calendar year. At the hospital level, we examined the general characteristics and staffing levels of the top 10% of hospitals with the highest proportion of patients whose length of stay (LOS) was 180+ days (the hospitals with long-stay patients) and compared them with the top 10% of hospitals with the highest proportions of patients whose LOS was less than 90 days (hospitals with shorter-stay patients). Results: The long-stay group accounted for about 40% of all LTCH patients. People in the group were more likely to be women, aged 80+, living alone, and experiencing more than two health conditions. Compared to the hospitals with shorter-stay patients, those with long-stay patients were more likely to be occupied by patients with behavior problems and/or impaired cognition, owned by corporate or local governments, have more beds and a longer period of operation, and deliver services with lower staffing levels. Conclusion: This study found long-stay older people in LTCHs and those in LTCHs with high proportions of long-stay older patients had several distinct characteristics compared to their counterparts designated in this study. Patient and hospital characteristics need to be considered in policies aiming to resolve long-stay admissions problems in LTCHs.

• 융합정보논문지
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• 제10권5호
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• pp.36-41
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• 2020

본 연구는 요양병원과 종합병원 간호사의 프리젠티즘을 비교 파악하기 위한 서술적 조사연구이다. 2019년 10월1일부터 12월 30일까지 D시, G도 소재 요양병원 3곳과 종합병원 2곳에서 현 근무경력 6개월 이상인 요양병원 간호사 74명, 종합병원 간호사 75명을 대상으로 총 149명을 대상으로 진행되었다. 수집된 자료는 SPSS 21.0을 이용하여 실수, 백분율, 평균과 표준편차를 시행하였다. 요양병원 간호사는 종합병원 간호사보다 건강문제, 직무손실과 지각된 노동력을 더 높게 지각하고 있는 것으로 나타나고 있었다. 이는 요양병원과 종합병원 간호사의 환자분류에 따른 업무강도의 차이가 없음을 보여주는 것으로 요양병원 간호서비스 질 향상을 위해서는 요양병원 간호사의 프리젠티즘에 관한 조직적인 측면의 관리가 필요함을 나타내는 것이다.

• 지역사회간호학회지
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• 제19권2호
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• pp.196-204
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• 2008

Purpose: To examine factors affecting long-term care hospital patients' intention of transfer to a nursing home. Method: A questionnaire survey was conducted in Aug. 2007 that included 655 patients from 49 long-term care hospitals. The survey aimed to assess the patients' health status, family status, cost and intention of transfer to a nursing home. Institutional characteristics were analyzed from the nationwide database of Health Insurance Review & Assessment Service. The affecting factors were examined by employing chi-square test and logistic regression using SAS 8.2. Result: Of the subjects, 32.4% had intention of transfer to a nursing home. The intention of transfer to a nursing home was affected by moderate or severe pain, living together with the primary carer, high cost uncovered by insurance, and recognition of nursing home. Conclusion; For appropriate service utilization. a higher level of care is needed to satisfy patients at nursing homes and a balanced fee schedule is needed between long term care hospitals and nursing homes. It is desirable to encourage transfer to a nursing home at which nurses support patients and their families by giving information, coordination, and to make efforts to establish a reference system.