Instrument Development for Patient Respect

Yoo, Myoung-Ran; Hyeon, Jin-Suk; Choi, Yun-Jung

The Journal of Korean Academic Society of Nursing Education 2007;13(2):162-168.
Published online December 31, 2007.

Yoo, Myoung-Ran;Hyeon, Jin-Suk;Choi, Yun-Jung;

¹Armed Forces Nursing Academy
²Armed Forces Nursing Academy
³Armed Forces Nursing Academy

환자 존중 측정도구 개발

유명란, 현진숙, 최윤정

¹국군간호사관학교
²국군간호사관학교
³국군간호사관학교

Abstract

Purpose
Patients hope to receive 'respected nursing' which guarantees the right of privacy and treatment as a human being in hospitals. However, no specific tool has been developed to measure patients' perceived respect from nurses while staying in hospitals. This study was conducted to develop a tool to measure the respect that they experience in hospital. Method: A basic questionnaire was made based on research literature, pilot studies, and collected data via patients' interviews. The questionnaire was verified by 5 members of an expert group, a chief nurse in the clinical area and 10 patients. We distributed the questionnaires to 266 randomly selected inpatients and carried out analyses of factors and content to evaluate the validity and reliability of the questionnaire. Result: According to the results of factor analyses, three factors such as 'cordial treatment', 'consideration', and 'recognition' were extracted, which took up to 61 percent from all variants. Final questionnaires has 30 questions on a 4-point scale. Conclusion: The questionnaire which was designed through the study showed a high reliability and validity. We anticipate that this questionnaire will contribute to fostering nursing care with respect for patients.

Key Words: Patient, Respect for life, Value of life