Effects of Communication Card on Received Care Based on Needs and Perceived Communication Frustration in Endotracheal Intubated Patients

Abstract

This research aimed to study the effects of a communication card on received care based on needs andperceived communication frustration in endotracheal intubated patients. The sample consisted of fifty endotrachealintubated patients. The control group used the routine communication method for 24 hours while the experimentalgroup used the communication card combining with the routine communication method for 24 hours.The research instruments consisted of the communication card, the demographic data record form, frustration incommunication questionnaire, and received care based on needs in communication questionnaire. The Cronbachûsalpha coefficients of the questionnaires were 0.92 and 0.75 respectively. The data were analyzed by usingchi-square and t-tests.

It was found that after intervention, the experimental group had mean scores of received care based onneeds in communication significantly higher than those of the control group (t = - 22.20, p < 0.01) and hadtotal mean scores of frustration significantly lower than those of the control group (t = 42.91, p < 0.01).