Nursing Department, Cyprus University of Technology, Mediterranean Research Centre for Public Health and Quality of Care, 215 Paleos dromos Lefkosias-Lemesou, Strovolos, 2029, Nicosia, Cyprus.
BMC Nurs. 2011 Oct 7;10:19. doi: 10.1186/1472-6955-10-19.
Informal care is common in many countries, especially in Greece, where families provide care in hospitals. Health education and informational needs are important factors for family members which are often underestimated by nursing staff. The aim of this study was to compare the perceptions of the nurses and the in-hospital informal caregivers about the in-hospital informal caregivers' knowledge and informational needs, as well as the factors that influence these perceptions.
This was a non-experimental descriptive study conducted in three general hospitals in Greece. The sample consisted of 320 nurses and 370 in-hospital informal caregivers who completed questionnaires. Descriptive statistics were analyzed using t-tests; group comparisons were conducted using ANOVA.
The score of the questionnaire for health education and informational needs was significantly greater for informal caregivers (57.1 ± 6.9 and 26.6 ± 2.8) than for nurses (53.4 ± 5.7 and 22.4 ± 3.1) (p < 0.001). For the nursing staff, the factors that influence the informational needs of patients' caregivers were level of education and working experience, while for the caregivers the level of education was independently associated with the score for the health education needs. Finally, age, marital status, and level of education of informal caregivers' were independently associated with informational needs.
The in-hospital informal caregivers perceived that they have more educational and informational needs than the nurses did. The findings of this study also show that the nursing staff has to identify the needs of in-hospital informal caregivers in order to be able to meet these needs.
在许多国家，包括希腊，非正式护理都很常见，而家庭则在医院中提供护理。健康教育和信息需求是家庭成员的重要因素，但往往被护理人员所低估。本研究旨在比较护士和住院非正式照护者对住院非正式照护者知识和信息需求的看法，以及影响这些看法的因素。
这是一项在希腊三家综合医院进行的非实验性描述性研究。样本包括 320 名护士和 370 名住院非正式照护者，他们完成了问卷。使用 t 检验分析描述性统计数据；使用方差分析进行组间比较。
健康教育和信息需求问卷的得分在非正式照护者中显著高于护士（57.1±6.9 和 26.6±2.8）（p<0.001）。对于护理人员而言，影响患者照护者信息需求的因素是教育程度和工作经验，而对于照护者而言，教育程度与健康教育需求得分独立相关。最后，非正式照护者的年龄、婚姻状况和教育程度与信息需求独立相关。
住院非正式照护者认为他们比护士有更多的教育和信息需求。本研究的结果还表明，护理人员必须识别住院非正式照护者的需求，以便能够满足这些需求。
