Study on visit nursing assessment tools of the elderly and chronic diseases patients
Abstract：Objective:To develop a set of standard visiting nursing assessment tools for the elderly and chronic diseases patients.Methods:The literature analysis,expert interview,questionnaire survey and field trial and oth-er comprehensive methods were used,taking Omaha system as a theoretical evaluation framework and combi-ning with the national conditions to screen and establish evaluation content.The home elderly patients with chronic disease were extracted in 4 community service centers and to try the evaluation tool and test its reliabili-ty and validity.Results:The developed assessment tool comprised of visit nursing problems assessment,visit nursing intervention demand assessment and visit nursing simple record.The Cohen Kappa value of all eight as-sessment items >0.4 and it showed good reliability levels among assessors.As to the evaluation of this tool,1 6 (100.0%)assessors thought this tool could standardize the management of health problems,symptoms inter-vention and nursing records.It was a scientific,comprehensive and concise tool.14(87.5%)assessors had posi-tive attitude towards the practicability of the tool.Conclusion:This visit nursing evaluation tool has comprehen-sive,concise and scientific content and has better practicability.It can be used for the standardized nursing as-sessment of the home elderly and chronic patients.
Keywords：home visitthe elderlychronic diseaseassessment toolOmaha system
Publication Date：2015-01-01
Online Publishing Date：2025-08-15(First online date of this platform, not the publication date of the document)
Pages：3( 3629-3631 )