• 간호행정학회지
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• 제7권2호
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• pp.265-284
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• 2001

The case management has been applied to improve the quality of care and the cost-effectiveness in the most health care institutions. In a way of case management, the critical pathway(CP) has been executed in many acute care settings, focused on the diagnoses with high cost, high volume, and high risk. This study was conducted to develop a case management program using CP as an intervention of patients with lumbar spinal stenosis for the surgery of posterolateral fusion, and to find out the effects of the critical pathway on the quality of nursing care, patient satisfaction as an outcome of care, length of stay and medical charge, and nurses' job satisfaction. At the same time, patients' functional states were checked with the Oswestry Low Back Pain Index, to show that the CP would not decrease the patients' function compared to the control group. The subjects were 25 control patients with a usual operation of lumbar fusion and 25 experimental patients with CP. They were all female, aged $50s{\sim}70s$, admitted in the Orthopedic surgery ward of a university hospital. Also nurses on the floor using CP were asked to respond to measurement tool of job satisfaction before and after the application of CP, and compared with other nurses on the different wards. Data were analyzed with t-test for continuous variables and chi-square for non-parametric variables in addition to the reliability test of the measurement tools. The results of this study were as followings: 1. Patients' functional states The differences in Oswestry scores of the experimental and control groups assessed at preoperation and at discharge were not statistically significant. The change in scores of the experimental group measured at preoperation and at discharge was larger than that of the control group, however the difference was not statistically significant. The results indicate that the CP did not decrease the patients' functional status. 2. The quality of nursing care The total of quality of nursing care given to the experimental group was better than that of the control group(P=.000). In addition, the experimental group showed better scores of quality of every item of care than the control group(P=.000 -.004). 3. Patient satisfaction Patients of the experimental group were not more satisfied with general care than the control group. But they were more satisfied with discharge care of 'explanation about medication, body posture, and brace application' and 'explanation about the adjustment of daily living and exercise during recovery'(P= .047, P=.028). 4. Nurses' job satisfaction Nurses working with the CP showed more job satisfaction than before the CP introduction(P=.048). But the control group of nurses on a different floor showed no change in job satisfaction at the same period of time. 5. Length of stay and medical charge The mean length of stay of the experimental group was shorter than that of the control group without statistical significance. The charge of medication and treatment of the experimental group were smaller than that of the control group(P=.011, P=.000). The results of the study support that the case management using critical pathway enables to improve the quality of care and job satisfaction, to reduce the medical charge, and consequently to increase satisfaction with care. However, the case management should be instituted focusing on the quality improvement of nursing and the client satisfaction, not just for the purpose of cost-effectiveness of health care facilities.

• 농촌의학ㆍ지역보건
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• 제30권1호
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• pp.101-111
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• 2005

본 연구는 고혈합 진단을 받고 일개 도농복합 2개 지역 12개 보건진료소에 등록된 고혈압 환자 중 연구에 동의한 304명을 대상으로 2004년 6월 21일 ~ 7월 16일까지 4주간에 걸쳐 고혈압 환자들의 약물치료 및 생활요법에 대한 순응정도와 이에 미치는 요인을 파악하고자 실시되었다. 순응군은 약물요법을 꾸준히 하면서 생활요법 측정 점수가 9점 이상인 군으로 하였고, 약물요법은 꾸준히 하지 않거나 생활요법 점수가 9점 미만인 군을 비순응군으로 분류 하였고, 일반적인 특성, 건강신념모델변수, 고혈압에 대한 지식, 자기효능감 등을 조사 하였다. 또한 남자와 여자의 특성이 다를 것으로 생각하고 남녀 각각에 대해 순응군과 비순응군으로 분류하여 통계적인 분석을 실시하였으며, 주요 결과를 요약하면 다음과 같다. 1. 규칙적으로 약물치료를 받는다고 응답한 경우 남자(90.3%), 여자(93.3%), 생활요법을 실행 한다고 응답한 경우 남자(452%), 여자(56.4%)로 나타났다. 2. 남자는 교육수준이 높을수록 고혈압에 대한 순응군이 높았으며 통계적으로 유의하였다(p<0.05). 3. 남녀순응군에 있어서 자기효능감 점수가 통계적으로 유의하게 높았다(p<0.05). 여자순응군에 있어서 고혈압에 대한 지식 점수가 유의 하게 높았다(p<0.05). 4. 건강신념모델 변수와 관련해서는 남자에서는 감수성과 유익성, 여자에서는 심각성, 유익성, 장애도가 유의한 변수였다(p<0.05). 5. 순응군과 비순응군을 종속변수로 한 다중로지스틱 회귀분석 결과 남자에 있어서는 교육수준, 자기효능감이 여자에 있어서는 고혈압에 대한 지식, 자기효능감, 유익성이 통계적으로 유의한 변수로 나타났다(p<0.05). 고혈압 환자의 관리에 있어 약물치료 못지않게 중요한 것은 생활습관의 개선이다. 보건진료소에 등록된 고혈압 환자의 경우 대부분 규칙적인 약물치료를 받고 있어, 보건진료원은 이에 대한 정기적인 확인과 더불어 잘못된 생활습관을 고칠 수 있도록 하고 효과적인 보건교육을 통해 고혈압에 대한 올바른 지식을 습득하도록 하여야겠다. 또한 환자들을 대상으로 자기효능감을 높일 수 있는 방안을 모색하여 생활습관 개선을 통한 합병증 예방 등 순응에 따른 유익성에 대해 보다 적극적으로 인지시켜야겠다.