Examining the Effectiveness of the Discharge Plan Model on the South Korean Patients with Cancer Completed Cancer Treatment and Are Returning to the Community: A Pilot Study

Young Ae Kim, Hye Ri Choi, Mingee Choi, Ah Kyung Park, Hye Ryun Kim, Chaemin Lee, Elim Lee, Kyung Ok Kim, Mi Young Kwak, Yoon Jung Chang and So-Youn Jung ()
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Young Ae Kim: National Cancer Control Institute, National Cancer Center, Goyang-si 10408, Republic of Korea
Hye Ri Choi: School of Nursing, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Mingee Choi: Graduate School of Social Welfare, Yonsei University, Seoul 03722, Republic of Korea
Ah Kyung Park: Department of Social Work, National Cancer Center, Goyang-si 10408, Republic of Korea
Hye Ryun Kim: Department of Social Welfare, Seoul Welfare Foundation, Seoul 04147, Republic of Korea
Chaemin Lee: Department of Social Work, National Cancer Center, Goyang-si 10408, Republic of Korea
Elim Lee: Department of Social Work, National Cancer Center, Goyang-si 10408, Republic of Korea
Kyung Ok Kim: College of Nursing, Kyungbok University, Namyangju-si 12051, Republic of Korea
Mi Young Kwak: Public Healthcare Quality Improvement Team, National Medical Center, Seoul 04564, Republic of Korea
Yoon Jung Chang: National Cancer Control Institute, National Cancer Center, Goyang-si 10408, Republic of Korea
So-Youn Jung: Center for Breast Cancer, National Cancer Center, Goyang-si 10408, Republic of Korea

IJERPH, 2022, vol. 20, issue 1, 1-10

Abstract: This study aimed to examine the effectiveness of a discharge plan model for South Korean patients with cancer who had completed treatment and were returning to the community. Overall, 23 patients with cancer were recruited at the National Cancer Center in Goyang-si. The effectiveness of the discharge plan was examined using four methods: Social Needs Screening Toolkit (2018), early screening for discharge plan, current life situation v.2.0, and a questionnaire regarding problems after discharge from the hospital. Subsequently, the results were analyzed using descriptive statistical analysis methods with the Stata 14.0 program. The largest age group of study participants was between 45 and 64 years. No participants responded to urgent needs, whereas nine (39.13%) participants needed support for their social needs. According to the in-depth evaluation of participants, more than 80% of the respondents answered that patients with cancer needed no help in self-management, daily living activities, or mental health. The satisfaction survey results showed that the degree to which the “discharge plan” was helpful for health management at home after discharge was 4.41 of 5, and the degree to which it helped return to daily life was 3.86 of 5.

Keywords: neoplasms; survey; discharge; questionnaire; health service access and utilization (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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