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The effects of community-based visiting care on the quality of life
Ji Young Lim1, Geun Myun Kim, Eun-Joo Kim
11Inha University, Incheon, Korea.
Abstract:
This study explored factors contributing to the quality of life of community-based home visiting care service users in Korea through a two-level multilevel model. The community health care center's organizational factors including the total number of visiting nurses and visiting nurses' rehire rate were treated as covariates. For participant's individual factors (Level 1), only subjective health status and the presence of cerebral vascular disease significantly explained the quality of life. Visiting nurses' demographic factors (Level 2) were not statistically significant. However, the total number of visiting nurses and visiting nurses' rehire rate were significant. Therefore, to increase an elderly adult's quality of life through community-based home visiting care services, a community health care center's organizational factors should be considered in addition to patient characteristics. This result may prove useful not only for Korea but also for other countries that intend to reform their community-based home visiting care services.
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