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Knowledge received by hospital patients—a factor connected with the patient‐centred quality of nursing care
Author(s) -
LeinoKilpi Helena,
Gröndahl Weronica,
Pekonen Arja,
Katajisto Jouko,
Suhonen Riitta,
Valkeapää Kirsi,
Virtanen Heli,
Salanterä Sanna
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
international journal of nursing practice
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.62
H-Index - 55
eISSN - 1440-172X
pISSN - 1322-7114
DOI - 10.1111/ijn.12277
Subject(s) - nursing , nursing care , medicine , nursing outcomes classification , quality (philosophy) , health care , family medicine , nurse education , primary nursing , philosophy , epistemology , economics , economic growth
The main purpose of this study was to evaluate and analyse the connection between the level of quality of nursing care and knowledge received by patients ( N = 266, n = 226), response rate was 85%. The data were collected using two structured instruments: one measuring the quality of nursing care experienced by patients (The Good Nursing Care Scale, GNCS ) and one measuring the received knowledge of hospital patients ( RKHP ). The data were collected at one (out of five) F innish university hospitals, in all medical wards during 5 weeks in 2009. A clear association between the level of the quality of nursing care and the level of received knowledge was found: on the total level of instruments, correlation was strong (r = 0.705). Support of empowerment ( GNCS ) had statistically significant strong correlation between biophysiological knowledge ( RKHP ), ( r = 0.718), and experiential knowledge ( r = 0.633), ( P ≤ 0.01). Furthermore, there was a strong correlation between nursing activities and biophysiological knowledge ( r = 0.637). Higher age, sufficient advance information and better self‐perceived health status were associated both with the level of the quality of nursing care and level of received knowledge. In the future, a special attention should be paid to the sufficient information for patients before their hospital stays.