J Korean Acad Child Health Nurs.  2006 Apr;12(2):268-276.

Discharge Education and Educational Demands after Hospital Discharge for Mothers of Pediatric Cancer Patients

• Kim YH
• Jeung EO
• Cho YR
• Yang YO

Abstract

PURPOSE: This study was done to provide basic data for the development of a systematic discharge educational programs for pediatric cancer patients. METHOD: The participants in this study were 132 mothers whose children were diagnosed with cancer and being treated at 3 university hospitals in Pusan. Data were collected from December 1, 20004 to February 28, 2005, and were analyzed using SPSS WIN 10.0.
RESULTS
The degree of education demand at the time of discharge from hospital was statistically significantly lower than the educational demand after the discharge. Such demand significantly varied in accordance with the length of time from discharge. Mother's educational demands were significantly different according to general characteristics of the child with cancer, especially during the first period of hospitalization and when there were changes in weight.
CONCLUSION
As mothers of children with cancer had higher educational demands after the child's discharge from hospital than at the time when education was provided at discharge and. the demands differented according to the length time since the child's discharge from hospital, there is a need to develop educational programs specific to these needs of the mothers.

Keyword

Pediatric cancer patients; Educational demands after hospital discharge

MeSH Terms

Busan
Child
Education*
Hospitalization
Hospitals, University
Humans
Mothers*
Child Health