Treeyada Toprasert. Comparison of two communication methods towards responded problems, needs and satisfaction in communication of the patients with oroendotracheal tube . Master's Degree(Adult Nursing). Mahidol University. : Mahidol University, 2006.
Comparison of two communication methods towards responded problems, needs and satisfaction in communication of the patients with oroendotracheal tube
Abstract:
The objective of this study was to compare two communication methods, text illustrated
communication boards and regular communication methods, on responses to the problems and
needs as well as satisfaction on critical medicine patients who had oroendotracheal tubes for
longer than 48 hours. The study was done at the intensive care unit, Bamrasnaradura Institute
and the medicine intensive care unit, Phra Nang Klao Hospital with one group of 30 patients.
Instruments used in this study consisted of a personal information questionnaire, an
observation on responses to problems and needs, an interview on communication satisfaction,
and a communication tool, which was text illustrated communication boards. The data were
collected between October 2005 and May 2006 observing the number of times each
communication method was used, and the time used for each method until their problems and
needs were responded to by nurses. Their satisfaction with each method was evaluated using
interview questions. The data were analyzed using frequencies, percentages, means, standard
deviations, and T-tests.
The results showed that critical medicine patients with oroendotracheal tubes
communicated with text illustrated communication boards more frequently than with the
regular method (p<.05). The text illustrated communication boards were used to communicate
5 activities including “having a sore throat”, “hungry”, “thirsty”, “please change position”,
and “tired” significantly more frequently than the regular communication methods (p<.05). It
was also found that the patients used the text illustrated communication boards to
communicate 3 other problems and needs (“want to remove the tube”, “need suction”, and
“elevate the head part of the bed”) more frequently than the regular method with no statistical
significance (p>.05). The patients used significantly less time to communicate their problems
and needs with text illustrated communication boards (p<.05) as well as the satisfaction scores
of using the communication boards were significantly higher than the regular communication
methods (p<.05).
It is recommended that nurses who care for patients with oroendotracheal tubes should
realize the importance of communication methods the patients used in order to effectively
communicate and express their problems and needs. Text illustrated communication boards
should be available in each unit and should be promoted for frequent use. The communication
boards should be modified for better and more effective use and should be used by patients in
other groups.