J Nurs Acad Soc.  1978 Jun;8(1):1-15.

Study on Hospital Environmental Causes Affected the Mother's Comfort After Her Child Birth

• Byun SJ

Abstract

The Purpose of this study is to examine closely the causes influenced upon the comfort, and recovery of the woman delivered of a child in the hospital, at the same time, to understand environmental status of hospitals in order to promote mother's health recovery, and to improve hospital environment by emphasizing the meaning of environment and health before the medical staff and hospital administrative authority. In the method of survery of the research, 165 post partum patients have been randomly selected who were accomodated and delivered their babies at OB( obstetric ) & GY (Gynecologic) unit the 7 general hospitals for the period of 6 December 1976through 17 December 1976 As for the survey, it has been used of questionnaire where we have 65 items in the res pect of personal environment in the hospital such as trusting nurse, ability, reliability, kindness and etignette of nurse and the character of nurse, the relationhsip with patients, the other respectof physical environment included of temperature, moisture, airventilation, lightening noise, cleanness, facilities, and the third realm being of mother's harch ground, to have the following conclusion. 1. The feature of the collected personnel they are from OB or GY section,from OB unit of the other 5 hospitals except the two general hospitals of the college or school Otherwise, the rate of the patients to nurses would be 9 :I . As for the nurses' ground, it would be appeared of 20-25 years of age as the 76%, either 3 year course or 4 year course in the education would be each 50% and less than 2 year experience case would record as of 60%. In the respect of hospital physical environmental status, there we have two hospitals without any thermometers,on the other hand nowhere there's hygrometer, otherwise, the lightening is normal or over than normal. As for the structure of noise protection, the corridors' re, generally speaking worse than rooms, nevertheless, there's no ventilating system in the hospitals. The rooms're painted in white and yellow, light green, white, or green color. The patient' s clothings were in green, pink, blue, light green or in white color. There're not anything special in both decoration and equipments. Most of them used tall beds except in one hospital. 2. To the extent of perception of patient's hatch ground and hospital environment, it is presented that they perceived nurse's ability in highest in total human variable, though perceived kindness or etiquette in the lowest, otherise, comparatively high in total average. 3. In the respect of physical environment it is highest perceived of lightening terms, othe rwise, lowest perceived of air ventilation, and total average became lowest than the one of the original record 4. To ages, in the respect of hatch groun4 rather old aged mother than the younger one has perceived that nurse would be trusting, in good service character, able, at the same time, liable. Otherwise, in physical environment, regardless of age, they perceived lightening in high and remarkably lower in ventilation As a result of the examination of the difference in hospital environment to each age, it is appeared of statistical difference at 5 % level of ability in the personal environment, otherwise little difference as for physical environment, 5. In the respect of perceiving level to educational standard it is highly perceived of personal environment for higher ranking group rather than lower group in the educational standard In case of physical environment, it is highly perceived for lower level group rather than higher level group in educational background The variables which haue statistical sighificance at 5 % level are from trusting, kindness, etiquette and total kindness, etipuette and total al significance at 5 % level are from trusting, kindness, etiquette and total human enuironment variable in personal environment, otherwise, there's little difference in the physical environment. 6. The perceiving level due to times of admission and accomodation at the hospital would be cleared out as gradual higher perception both physical and personal environment in the hospital At 5 % siguificant level of the ventilation condition in physical environmental variable it is presented of meaningful difference otherwise, there we have little difference both in personal variable and other one. 7. In accordance with living standard, the perception degree of personal environment in tee hospital would be inclined to increase to higher living standard, on the other hand, in case of the physical environment, the perception level wonid increase to lower living standard. At 5 % level, the trustuariable and total scores in the personal eicuironmectal variable there appeared a meaningful/ significant difference otherwise, there presented little difference both in physical environmental and other variable to the living standard. 8. Pertaining to family unit, the mother of an independant family unit perceived highly in all respect of the personal and the physical environment in the hospital rather than the woman of succeeding family unit. At 5 % level, there appeared a difference in the respect of kindness and etiquette both in personal environment variable, on the other hand, there hardly marked a difference between other variable and physical environmental one. 9. The degree of perception to comforting level has little connection with a statistical difference the age, educational level, hospital admitting times, living standard or family unit. 10. The most effective variable to mother's comforting level will be nurse's ability, reliability, trusting manner, and total physical environment variable in order.

MeSH Terms

Child*
Clothing
Education
Female
Hand
Hospitals, General
Humans
Medical Staff
Methyl Green
Mothers
Noise
Paint
Parturition*
Surveys and Questionnaires
Socioeconomic Factors
Ventilation
Methyl Green