ผู้วิจัย/Authors: Vilai Kuptniratsaikul

ชื่อเรื่อง/Title: The attitude of chronically ill patients and personnel of siriaj hospital to a recreational therapy service.

แหล่งที่มา/Source: Siriraj Hospital Gazette, Vol. 53, No 12, December 2001. Page 877-886

รายละเอียด / Details:

A study of the attitudes of 507 patients with chronic illnesses and 961 personnel working with these patients towards a recreational activity service was performed using a questionnaire. Most of them agreed that the hospital should arrange recreational activity for fatients with chronic illnesses in addition to physical treatment 95.6-99.0 percent of patient and personnel groups respectively. Both groups evaluated the benefit of recreational activity with a score of 7.93+-2.09 and 8.71+-1.42. Activities ranked first were reading books, watching television or a video, gardening and singins/listening to music. Concerning health professionals willingness to join these activities, 80% of the nurse group (registered nurses and practical nurses) were willing to do so whereas only 51.4 percent of the doctor group were available due to different working styles. Most of the personnel accepted that the recreational therapist should be the one who arranges this service. Both groups agreed that a recreational activity service should be free of charge 45.2-51.4 percent. From the results of this study, we can conclude that patients and personnal appreciate a recreational activity service for chronically ill patients, so we should develop and distribute this service to patients in order to improve their quality of life and the quality of our service.

Keywords: attitude, chronic illness, service, psychology

ปีที่เผยแพร่/Year: 2001

Address: Faculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University

Code: 0000480

ISSN/ISBN: 0125-152X

Country of publication: Thailand.

Language: English.

Category: Abstract Journal.

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