An Evaluation of the Visiting Nursing Service Model Based on the District Management System -focused on stroke patients -Ryu, Ho-Sihn · Suk, Min-Hyun Hwang, Rah-Il · Jin, Dal-Rae Purpose: This study was conducted to examine the effect of visiting nu...
An Evaluation of the Visiting Nursing Service Model Based on the District Management System -focused on stroke patients -Ryu, Ho-Sihn · Suk, Min-Hyun Hwang, Rah-Il · Jin, Dal-Rae Purpose: This study was conducted to examine the effect of visiting nursing of the visiting nursing services based on the district management system on the subjects of stroke patients. Method: A nonequivalent control group pretest-posttest design was applied to 50stroke patients (31 from the experimental group, 19 from the control group). To evaluate the effects of visiting nursing services, health status(SF-36) and activity daily living(ADL/IADL) were measured from June 2003 to November 2004. Result: Health condition and the activities of living (ADL/IADL) of the subjects who received visiting nursing service were shown to be improved. Conclusion: Visiting health service model based on the district management system in public health center is considered to be an effective measure of visiting nursing services in large cities.