Survey on the caring behaviors and its influencing factors among family main caregivers of the elderly patients with pressure injury / 中国实用护理杂志

Objective To investigate the caring behaviors among family main caregivers of the elderly patients with pressure injury and to analyze its influencing factors. Methods A total of 124 family main caregivers of the elderly patients with pressure injury were recruited by convenience sampling method. They were investigated with caregivers general information questionnaire, patients general information questionnaire and the self-designed pressure injury caring behaviors questionnaire. Results The total score of the pressure injury caring behaviors questionnaire was (66.22 ± 13.16). For each dimension of pressure injury caring behaviors questionnaire, the application of pressure-relief devices exhibited the lowest score(2.27), followed by wound care(2.33), position care(2.53), nutritional support (2.95) and skin care(3.03). Multiple regression analysis showed that caregiver′s economic level and whether have been attend training, the duration of the patients lie in bed and whether using air cushion bed accounted for 45.9 percent of the variance in caring behaviors. Conclusions There are many shortcomings and errors in caring behaviors among family main caregivers of the elderly patients with pressure injury.It is necessary to strengthen the health education of family main caregivers of patients with pressure injury to improve the level of caring behaviors and to reduce pressure injury′s recurrence rate of patients.

The status and influencing factors of caring behaviors perceived by elderly residents in nursing homes in Zhengzhou / 中华护理杂志

Objective To investigate the level and influencing factors of caring behaviors perceived by elderly residents in nursing homes in Zhengzhou.Methods Totally 366 elderly residents from 20 nursing homes in Zhengzhou were investigated with a demographic data questionnaire,Short Portable Mental Status Questionnaire (SPMSQ),Barthel Index Scale (BI),and Elderly Residents-Perceived Caring Behaviors Inventory.Results The total score of caring behaviors needs was (110.99±10.09),the mean score was (3.96±0.36),the dimension score of meeting the emotion needs was the highest(4.39±0.61),the dimension score of giving confidence and hope demand was the lowest (3.56±0.58).Multiple logistic regression showed that occupation before retirement,living pattern,the type of medical insurance,ADL,satisfaction of nursing service and length of residence were the major influencing factors (P＜0.05).Conclusion The elderly in nursing homes have a high demand for caring behaviors.The nursing staff should consider the specific situation of them and do regular assessment,to provide safe,professional and holistic caring behaviors from different perspectives so as to improve their quality of life.

Comportamientos del cuidado percibidos por estudiantes de enfermería y receptores del cuidado / Nusing students and care receivers' perceptions of caring behavior

Objetivo: Determinar los comportamientos del cuidado percibido por estudiantes de último año de la carrera y la congruencia con la percepción de los mismos, por los usuarios receptores del cuidado. Material y método: Estudio descriptivo, transversal, realizado el año 2012 en estudiantes de Enfermería de Internado y receptores del cuidado de éstos, de tres instituciones de formación universitaria, comuna de Concepción, Chile. Muestra conformada por 96 internas/os y 96 receptores del cuidado. Se utilizó el Cuestionario CBI de Zane Wolf, basado en la Teoría del cuidado humano de Jean Watson, versiones estudiante y usuario. Resultados: Los estudiantes presentan edades entre 21 y 33 años, cursaron entre 8 y 6 años antes de alcanzar el 5° nivel. Los estudiantes de las universidades 2 y 3 desarrollaron práctica en servicios generales, en tanto los de la universidad 1 lo hicieron en unidades de especialidad. El promedio de edad de los usuarios fue de 54,6 años. En relación a los comportamientos del cuidado brindado, referidos por internos para las dimensiones 1, 2 y 5, existió una sobreestimación de percepción de los estudiantes acerca del cuidado brindado, por sobre la percepción referida por usuarios. En la dimensión 4, "conocimiento y destreza profesional", los estudiantes de las universidades 2 y 3 subestiman sus comportamientos de cuidado respecto a lo percibido por usuarios. Conclusión: Los usuarios estarían en condiciones de evaluar asertivamente comportamientos del cuidado humanizado en dimensiones 1, 2, 3 y 5, y no así, el conocimiento y destreza profesional de la dimensión 4.

Objective: To analyze nursing students and care receiver's perceptions of caring behavior. Method: Descriptive study carried out in 2012, on nursing students' internship and care receivers from three institutions of higher education located in Concepción, Chile. Data were collected from a sample of 96 interns and 96 care receivers. Caring Behaviours Inventory (CBI) developed by Zane Wolf and based on the theory of human caring proposed by Jean Watson, was used in a version for students and another of users. Results: Students aged 21 to 33 years who studied between 8 and 6 years before reaching the fifth level. Students from the university 2 and 3 performed a practice in general services while the students of university 1 did it in (health) specialist units. The average age of the users was 54.6 years old. In relation to the behaviors of the care provided, refered by interns there was an overestimation of the students' perceptions about the care provided above the perception reported by the users for dimensions 1, 2 and 5. In dimension 4, "professional knowledge and skills", the students form universities 2 and 3 underestimate their caring behaviors in relation to the users' perception. Conclusion: Users would be able to assertively evaluate behaviors of humanized care in the dimensions 1, 2, 3, and 5. But concerning dimension 4 "professional knowledge and skills", would not.

The Notion of Death and Caring Behaviors in one Community / 간호학회지

This study was to find out the perception of toward death and caring behavior of lay parsons in one community : One Island in Pusan County, Chonbuk. The methodology of this study was ethnography. For this study, The fieldwork was conducted from October 1997 to July 1998. Data collected by in-depth interview and participant observations. The participants consisted of were 17 persons of both sexes. The key informants were four specific people. The result of this study is as follows; The people perceived two different kinds of death. Normal death, which means death from old age. The person was respected as an ancestor God and was believed to exist forever with their offspring. Abnormal death was regarded as negative, many had fears toward this king of death. The causes of abnormal death were supernatural phenomena and had absolute holy meanings. Whether death was good or bad, The death was not personal, but collective events as family or community affairs and was interpreted as death and birth for their offsprings. Funeral rites were family-centered and/or community-centered. The did normal procedures for normal deaths for abnormal deaths, there were many protective ceremonies(BuJungmagi : the prevention of the taboo of uncleanliness) for the remaining people. These ceremonies combined confucism and shamanism. Caring behavior for dying persons was ruled as community-centered, reciprocal and reality-centered principles.