J Korean Acad Community Health Nurs.  2022 Mar;33(1):1-12. 10.12799/jkachn.2022.33.1.1.

The Effects of ICT Enhanced Home-visit Nursing in Long-Term Care Insurance on Health-related Quality of Life among Community-Dwelling Older Adults

Affiliations
  • 1Graduate Student, College of Nursing, Yonsei University, Seoul, Associate Research Fellow, National Evidence-based Healthcare Collaborating Agency (NECA), Seoul, Korea
  • 2Research Professor, College of Nursing ․ Mo-Im Kim Nursing Research Institute, Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea
  • 3Professor, College of Nursing ․ Mo-Im Kim Nursing Research Institute, Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea
  • 4Planning Director, Daesung Foundation, Bucheon University Hospital, Bucheon, Korea

Abstract

Purpose
This secondary data analysis study evaluated the effects of ICT enhanced home-visit nursing in long-term care insurance on health-related quality of life among community-dwelling older adults.
Methods
This study included data of 131 older adults who had experienced a pilot service for ICT enhanced home-visit nursing. ICT enhanced home-visit nursing refers to a method of sharing health records and teleconference between a visiting nurse and a doctor during the home-visit nursing services to community-dwelling older adults. Health-related quality of life and influencing factors were analyzed by t-tests, logistic regression analysis using the Stata 17/SE program.
Results
After a pilot service for ICT enhanced home-visit nursing, their health-related quality of life increased. The teleconferencing method had a significant effect on the increase in health-related quality of life.
Conclusion
The findings indicate a pilot service for ICT enhanced home-visit nursing can be applied to the domestic community-based healthcare service model in terms of health management. In the future, the advanced service model of a pilot service for ICT enhanced home-visit nursing in which subjects conduct detailed for each health problem, and a well-designed evaluation system should be developed.

Keyword

Telecommunications; Home health nursing; Long-term care; Aged; Quality of life
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