Korean J Adult Nurs.  2022 Aug;34(4):413-423. 10.7475/kjan.2022.34.4.413.

Factors Influencing the Performance of Person-centered Care Among Nurses in Designated COVID-19 Hospitals

• Yun HJ
• Jeon J

• KMID: 2532781
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.7475/kjan.2022.34.4.413

Abstract

Purpose
In this study, factors influencing the performance of person-centered care among nurses in designated COVID-19 hospitals were examined.
Methods
A total of 182 nurses providing care to COVID-19 patients at six public hospitals in Gyeonggi-do the designated hospital for infectious diseases participated in the study. Data were collected from February to March 2021 using a 152-question structured questionnaire, and analyzed using SPSS/WINdows software, version 25.0 by frequency and percentage, mean and standard deviation, independent t-test, one-way ANOVA, Pearson’s correlation coefficients, and multiple regression.
Results
The factors influencing the respondents’ performance of person-centered care were organizational culture for infection control (β=.35, p<.001), empathic ability (β=.16, p=.027), and the charge nurse position (β=.14, p=.035); these explained 20.8% of their person-centered care.
Conclusion
It is necessary to consider strategies to improve the organizational culture for infection control and empathic ability to promote the performance of person-centered care among nurses at designated COVID-19 hospitals. It is also necessary to design a program that can facilitate the implementation of person-centered care by nurses who hold positions junior to that of the charge nurse at designated COVID-19 hospitals.

Keyword

COVID-19; Nurses; Organizational culture; Patient-centered care