감염예방교육이 항암화학요법을 받는 암환자의 자가간호행위와 감염발생에 미치는 영향

The Effects of Infection Prevention Education on Self-Care Performance and Infection Occurance in Cancer Patients undergoing Chemotherapy

Purpose: This study was to analyze the effect of infection prevention education on self-care performance and infection occurrence in cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy. Method: This study used a nonequivalent control group pretest-posttest design. The subjects were 65 patients with 33 of control and 32 of experimental, who received chemotherapy in a university hospital in D city. The study was conducted from August 1st to September 30th, 2010. Data were analyzed with t-test and chi-square test. Results: The results were as follows; Hypothesis 1. “The experimental group would show higher scores in self-care performance than that of control” was accepted(t＝7.84, p＝.001. Hypothesis 2. “The experimental group would show less severity of stomatitis symptom than that of control” was accepted(x²＝6.78, p＝.015). Hypothesis 3. “The experimental group would show higher levels of neutrophils than that of control” was rejected(t＝1.99, p＝.055). Conclusion: Infection prevention education for cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy would be a useful nursing intervention to increase self-care performance and decrease severity of stomatitis.