癌症病患家屬需求及其影響因素探討

A Study of Needs and Its Influential Factors among Families of Cancer Patients

張碧華(Pi-Hua Chang) ； 林麗英(Lih-Ying Lin) ； 楊克平(Ke-Ping Yang) ； 陳品玲(Ping-Ling Chen)

《榮總護理》 18卷4期 (2001/12) Pp. 416-428

https://doi.org/10.6142/VGHN.18.4.416

摘要

本研究目的是探討癌症病患家屬需求及其影響因素。研究採敘述性研究設計，研究工具爲「癌症病患家屬需求問卷」，以立意取樣法，還取中部某醫學中心之癌症病患家屬126人。研究結果顯示在癌症病患家屬需求類別以「訊息獲得需求」爲主，「當病患的病情惡化或病危時，能很快地知道」是前10項需求之首位。而癌症病患家屬需求之影響因素，在病患家屬特性方面有性別、年齡、教育程度、宗教信仰、自覺健康狀況及照顧癌症病患經驗；在病患特性方面則有性別、婚姻狀況及癌症期別，其影響因素不同時，需求類別會有差異。本研究結果可作爲臨床護理、護理教育或業務方面之參考。

關鍵字

癌症病患家屬 ； 家屬需求

並列摘要

The purpose of this study was to investigate the family needs among families of cancer patients and related factors. The study was a descriptive correlation research. A purposive sampling of the families of cancer patients was drawn from a medical center in cential Taiwan. There were 126 participants. The research instrument was a designed questionnaire of needs for families of cancer patients. The results of this study were inducted into three parts: 1. Information need is the first need category among families of cancer patients; 2. The first need item is ” while the patient's condition is on the downhill or critical, he wants to know as soon as possible”; 3. Family needs and related factors among families of cancer patients, mainly inc1uding sex of family members, age educational degree, religious belief, perceived health condition and experience of caring for cancer patients. On the other hand, the cancer patients' sex, marriage, and cancer phases were included. When the related factors were placed along with different families' or patients' characteristics, their family need categories appeared different. This study's results could be the reference for c1inical nursing, nursing education, as well as nursing practices.

並列關鍵字

families of cancer patients ； family needs