Relationship between Outcome Assessment and Care Implementation in Patients with Dementia Before and After Clinical Training of Nursing Students

Abstract

Objective : This study was conducted to identify the relationship between outcome assessment and care implementation in patients with dementia before and after clinical training of nursing students.
Subject & Method : Subjects were 38 nursing junior students at "A" university who agreed to participate in the study and their 38 elderly patients with dementia. The students filled out "outcome assessment for dementia care" on conditions of their elderly patients with dementia before and after clinical training.
Results : Cronbach's alpha coefficients for 26 items of the outcome assessment were 0.85 for the first time and 0.83 for the second time. "Related symptom (behavioral disorder)" was maintained at the highest level in the outcome change rate. "Communication" and "participating in a hobby/life worth living" were improved and "dressing" was maintained, while "continuing familiar life" was worsened and "role and implementation" was least maintained. "Looking at the patient's eyes when talking" was the highest in care implementation.
Conclusion : In clinical training, "communication" in patients with dementia could be improved, and better care environments improve symptoms.