Abstract
Purpose: This secondary data analysis study evaluated the effects of ICT enhanced home-visit nursing in long-term care insurance on health-related quality of life among community-dwelling older adults. Methods: This study included data of 131 older adults who had experienced a pilot service for ICT enhanced home-visit nursing. ICT enhanced home-visit nursing refers to a method of sharing health records and teleconference between a visiting nurse and a doctor during the home-visit nursing services to community-dwelling older adults. Health-related quality of life and influencing factors were analyzed by t-tests, logistic regression analysis using the Stata 17/SE program. Results: After a pilot service for ICT enhanced home-visit nursing, their health-related quality of life increased. The teleconferencing method had a significant effect on the increase in health-related quality of life. Conclusion: The findings indicate a pilot service for ICT enhanced home-visit nursing can be applied to the domestic community-based healthcare service model in terms of health management. In the future, the advanced service model of a pilot service for ICT enhanced home-visit nursing in which subjects conduct detailed for each health problem, and a well-designed evaluation system should be developed.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 1-12 |
| Number of pages | 12 |
| Journal | Journal of Korean Academy of Community Health Nursing |
| Volume | 33 |
| Issue number | 1 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 2022 Mar |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:-This paper was produced with the support of the "Information and Communication Promotion Fund of the Ministry of Science and ICT" and may differ from the official opinion of the Ministry of Science and ICT.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2022. Korean Academy of Community Health Nursing
All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- Health(social science)
- Community and Home Care
- Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
- Nursing (miscellaneous)
