Korean J Occup Health Nurs.  2012 May;21(1):55-65.

Affecting Factors of Hospital Caregivers on the Level of Practice, Knowledge, and Importance of Work under No Guardian

• Gil HH
• Choi JS

Abstract

PURPOSE
The purpose of this study was to provide baseline data on paid hospital-caregivers' work performance, degree of importance of caregiving, and their knowledge as well as affecting factors on the level of practice when there is no guardian.
METHODS
The subjects of this study were 155 total caregivers working at 9 hospitals. Data were collected by self-reported questionnaires in December, 2010. The collected data were analyzed using SPSS/WIN 17.0.
RESULTS
The caregivers' level of practice showed 4.0/5.0 points, degree of importance, 4.4/5.0 points, and knowledge, 4.3/5.0 points. The level of practice was significantly different depending on the hospital types. Significant correlations were found between level of practice, degree of importance and knowledge. The degree of importance and types of hospital attributed to 17.1% of variance in the level of practice.
CONCLUSION
A systematic hospital caregivers' program focusing on strategy to enhance caregivers' level of practice, degree of importance and knowledge can be effective for paid hospital-caregivers when there is no guardian.

Keyword

Caregivers; Practice; Knowledge

MeSH Terms

Caregivers
Humans
Surveys and Questionnaires