Purpose This study investigated the level of Activities of Daily Living (ADL) of elderly patients with pulmonary disease preparing for discharge and the factors affecting it.
Methods The participants of this cross-sectional, descriptive study were 104 patients aged over 65 diagnosed with pulmonary disease at an acute care hospital. Data were collected from November 28, 2018 to March 15, 2019 using a structured questionnaire and the participants’ electronic medical record. The questionnaire asked about demographic and disease-related characteristics and respiratory symptoms experience, and included the Korean versions of the ENRICHD Social Support Instrument, Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale, and Katz’s ADL.
Results In the enter-method multiple linear regression analysis, the model explained 38.1% of the ADL (F=4.26, p<.001). The higher the participants’ level of depression, the lower their level of ADL (β=0.43, p<.001), while those without a history of any neurological or psychiatric disease had higher levels of ADL than their counterparts with it (β=-0.22, p=.024).
Conclusion The findings suggest that an intervention that considers depression and history of neurological or psychiatric disease should be implemented to promote ADL among elderly patients with pulmonary disease preparing for discharge. In addition, the results of this study can be used as fundamental information to assess the discharge readiness of elderly patients with pulmonary disease and improve their health-related quality of life by promoting ADL.
PURPOSE This study aimed to identify the type and frequency of nursing activities targeting emergency department patients by analyzing electronic nursing records. METHODS This retrospective study identified the characteristics of and nursing activities for adult patients who visited a university hospital emergency department for 6 months from January to June 2018 by analyzing the hospital's electronic nursing records. Descriptive statistics and one-way analysis of variance were used to analyze the characteristics of patients and the nursing records. RESULTS A total of 36,435 patients, with an average age of 52.82±19.91 years and a male-to-female ratio of 1:1.16, participated in the study. The number of patients with Korean Triage and Acuity Scale levels 4 (less urgent) and 5 (non-urgent) were 24,403 (67% of the total number). Referrals were requested 1.21±0.54 times per patient. The most frequent NANDA diagnosis and Nursing Intervention Classification intervention were “Risk for unstable blood glucose level†(858, 28.4%), and “Surveillance†(83,131, 23.9%). The most frequent Clinical Care Classification action type was “Assess or Monitor†(313,729, 38.5%). The higher the severity level and the number of referrals, the more the recorded numbers of nursing diagnoses, interventions, and care activities. CONCLUSION This study demonstrated the possibility of nursing task analysis by identifying the type and frequency of nursing activities based on the data from electronic nursing records. Further research on electronic nursing records would contribute to the usefulness of these records for nursing workload analysis and effective workforce management.
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