Abstract
Objective To study the willingness to home care needs of patients, in order to provide a basis for the further development of home care. Methods The self-designed questionnaire was used in the study. By using the convenience sampling method, 500 patients with home care in 10 communities in Taiyuan city were surveyed. Results A total of 390 cases (78.0%) had the demand of home care. The top 3 demands were that 208 cases (53.3%) needed the disease prevention knowledge instruction, 205 cases (52.6%) needed the measurement of blood pressure, and 202 cases (51.8%) needed to set up the health records and the regular physical examination. 226 patients (57.9%) required the home care services provided by hospital nurses. There was significant difference in the choices of home care providers in patients with different disease (χ2=6.786, P<0.05). 221 cases (56.7%) hoped that the cost of home care could be charged according to the service items. 234 cases (60.0%)hoped that the home care costs could be covered by the health insurance. Conclusions Home care service is the development direction of future nursing. It should be responded to an appeal by the policy and become demand-oriented. We should set up home care service system, to meet people′s diversified needs. Key words: Patients with home care; Care needs; Survey
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