中醫輔助醫療是政府推動整合醫療重要選項之一,護理人員是第一線的照顧者,對中醫輔助醫療的知能在臨床之應用具重要性。本研究目的為了解護理人員對住院病人接受中醫輔助醫療照護的知識、態度與自我效能之概況及其重要預測因素。採橫斷面設計,以方便取樣針對中部某醫學中心護理人員285位進行人口學變項、中醫輔助醫療知識、態度與自我效能的資料收集。結果顯示護理人員中醫輔助醫療知識偏低,態度呈中等程度正向,自覺自我效能偏低;護理人員中醫輔助醫療知識與態度(r= .13, p< .05)、知識與自我效能(r= .14, p< .05)以及態度與自我效能(r= .31, p< .01)皆呈顯著正相關;預測護理人員中醫輔助醫療自我效能最重要因子為態度,其他顯著因子包括目前服務科別、婚姻狀況、七科九學分訓練、罹患慢性病狀況以及生產經驗,可解釋總變異量為16%(R^2=16%)。本研究結果可做為未來中醫輔助醫療護理專業養成訓練計劃及中醫護理政策推廣之參考。
Government integration of hospital policies has promoted complementary treatment of Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) to become an important treatment option for patients. Nursing staff are frontline caregivers, their knowledge about TCM is particularly important in clinical application. The purpose of this study is to investigate the knowledge, attitudes, self-efficacy of nurses and relevant factors in providing complementary treatment to inpatients receiving TCM assisted medical care. A cross-sectional design was used to facilitate sampling among 285 nurses in a medical center of central Taiwan. Data collection regarding demographic variables, knowledge, attitudes and self-efficacy of TCM supplementary medicine was conducted. The results indicate low levels of complementary TCM knowledge, moderately positive attitude and low self-efficacy. Nursing staff's knowledge and attitude of TCM supplementary medicine(r= .13, p< .05); knowledge and self-efficacy (r= .14, p< .05). Furthermore, attitude and self-efficacy (r= .31, p< .01) were both positively correlated significantly. The most important factor for predicting the self-efficacy of TCM supplementary medicine of nursing staff is attitude. Other significant factors include current service department, marital status, training on seven subjects with nine credit points, chronic disease status and the total explicable variance is 16% (R^2=16%). The results of this study can serve as a reference for the future training programs to the development of TCM supplementary medical nursing and the promotion of TCM nursing policies.