THE EFFECTS OF A NURSE-SUPERVISED - INFORMATION - GIVING PROGRAM ON STRESS AND KNOWLEDGE ABOUT ILLNESS AND HOSPITALIZATION IN HOSPITALIZED THAI KIDNEY DISEASE PATIENTS.
Contributors: Catholic University of America.
Published: 1983
Number of pages: 213
Subjects: Health Sciences, Nursing.
Description: The purpose of this study was to determine the effects of a nurse-supervised-information-giving program (NSIG program) on stress and knowledge about illness and hospitalization in hospitalized Thai kidney patients. Also, it examined the interrelationships among stress parameters (heart rate, blood pressure, and anxiety level) the relationships between each of those parameters and knowledge scores.

Fifteen hypotheses were formulated: hypotheses 1 to 4 stated that patients who received the NSIG program would demonstrate significantly lower means posttest heart rate (HR), systolic blood pressure (SBP), diastolic blood pressure (DBP), and anxiety level (SAS index), as measures of psychophysiological stress responses, than those who did not receive such program; hypothesis 5 stated that patients who received the NSIG program would achieve a significantly higher mean score on the knowledge test, as a postlearning measure, than those who did not receive such program; hypotheses 6 to 11 stated that there would be significant correlations among the stress parameters (HR, SBP, DBP, and SAS index); hypotheses 12 to 15 stated that there would be significant correlations between each of those parameters and knowledge scores.

The sample included 60 adult Thai male and female kidney patients. These patients were randomly assigned to two groups: experimental group-patients who received, in addition to routine nursing care, the NSIG program which incorporated information-giving approach and nurse-patient interaction phase as major therapeutic components; control group-patients who received only the existing nursing care giving by the unit nurses. Results: The analyses of covariance on HR, SBP, DBP, and SAS index for the two groups revealed no significant findings at p < .05. However, there was a trend for the main effect for the NSIG program on the SBP (p < .10). One-way anaysis of variance indicated that the experimental group achieved a significantly higher mean score on the knowledge test than the control group (p < .001). Correlational analyses revealed only one significant relationship between the HR and the SAS index (p < .05).
Notes: Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 45-02, Section: B, page: 0515.

Thesis (D.N.SC.)--THE CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF AMERICA, 1983.

School code: 0043.