Factors Related to Comfort Among Family Members of Traffic-accident Patients at the Emergency Department
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This research aimed to study the level of comfort among family members of traffic accident patients and its relationships with receiving information of illness, participation in treatment decision for patients, and credible authority on healthcare service. Eighty-two family members of traffic-accident patients at the emergency department were selected into this study. Instruments used in this study were: a) Patient’s data form, b) Family member’s data form, c) Receiving information of illness questionnaire, d) Participation in treatment decision for patient’s questionnaire, e) Credible authority on healthcare service questionnaire, and f) Comfort questionnaire of family members. The data were analyzed by descriptive statistics and Pearson's product moment correlation coefficient.
The results of this study revealed that the family members of the traffic-accident patients felt comfort at the moderate level ( X = 95.49, SD = 13.17). All three factors, receiving information of illness, participation in treatment decision for patients, and credible authority on healthcare service, were positively related to comfort of family members (r = .337, .302 and .436 respectively, p < .05). Thus, healthcare providers should provide care to promote comfort for the family members of traffic-accident patients, at the emergency department, by ensuring enough information about patients, allowing family members to participate in treatment decisions, and establishing the credible authority on healthcare service needs to be accepted by the family members.
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