J Nurs Acad Soc.  1975 Dec;5(2):1-10.

Effect of Informativeness on the Anxiety of Hospitalized Patients

• Park JO

Abstract

Every patient, who enters the hospital has a potential for becoming anxious. The control of hospitalization anxiety experienced by hospital patients is considered to be an important factor in the process of recovery from illness. This study was conducted to investigate the relationship between informativeness and hospitalization anxiety in order to give basic data for psycho-social aspect of nursing care for hospitalized patients. One hundred patients admitted to Kyungpook National University Hospital during theper-iod of Jan. to June 1075 were sampled and divided into two groups: fifty of experimental and fifty of control group. The set of informations prepared by the investigator were given additionally to experimental group while the control group only received routine infor rmations. Both groups were rated according to the Hospitalization Informativeness Scale which consisted of 24 questionairs and 4 categories and Hospitalization Anxiety Scale one or two days prior to discharge from the hospital. The results of the study were as follows; 1. Mean values of Hospitalization Informativeness Scale revealed significant differences at 0.01 level with experimental group showing higher mean value. Age, sex and educational states did not influence the mean values of Hospialization Informativeness Scale in both groups. 2. The length of hospitalization did not influence significantly on the mean value of Hospitalization Informativenese Scale in both groups. 3. Rank difference correlation coefficiency between mean value of Hospitalization Inform a-tiveness Scale and the importance of information the patient's perceived were revealed significant at 0.01 level in all 4 categories such as admission discharge, treatment and nursing activities, diagnostic test, diagnosis and prognosis, health teaching for the patient and family in experimental group. While, only two categories such as treatment and nursing activities and health teaching for the patient and family in control group were re-avealed significant correlation. 4. Mean value of Hospitalization Anxiety Scale revealed siginficant rifference at 0.05 level with the experimental group showing lower Hospitalization Anxiety Scale. 5. Correlation coefficiency between Hospitalization Informativeness Scale and Hospitalization Anxiety Scale were revealed significant at 0.01 level in experimental group but there was no siginficant correlation in control group.

MeSH Terms

Anxiety*
Diagnosis
Diagnostic Tests, Routine
Gyeongsangbuk-do
Hospitalization
Humans
Nursing
Nursing Care
Prognosis
Research Personnel