@article{สุวรรณ_แซ่เซี้ย_ส่งวัฒนา_2018, title={Effects of Nursing Case Management Programme on Care Outcomes in Patients with Multiple Trauma}, volume={33}, url={https://he02.tci-thaijo.org/index.php/TJONC/article/view/114936}, abstractNote={<p>Objective: To examine effects of a nursing case management program (NCMP) on<br>patients’ length of hospitalisation, their ability to perform activities of daily living (ADLs),<br>and their caregivers’ ability to perform ADLs and to prevent complications in the patients.<br> Design: Two-group only posttest experimental design<br> Methodology: The participants were patients with multiple traumatic injuries admitted<br>in a trauma ward, and their caregivers, forming a total of 40. Twenty (20 patient-caregiver<br>pairs) were assigned to a control group and the other 20 (20 patient-caregiver pairs) to an<br>experimental group. The experimental group received the NCMP for 14 days, during which<br>the control group was given standard care. The data-collecting instruments consisted of (1)<br>the Patient’s Daily Living Activities Questionnaire; (2) the Length of Hospitalisation<br>Record; and (3) the Caregiver’s ADL Ability and Complication Prevention Ability<br>Questionnaire. The data were analysed using descriptive statistics, independent t-test, and<br>Mann-Whitney U-test.<br> Results: The experimental group displayed signifcantly higher mean score on the<br>patients’ ADLs, the caregivers’ capability in performing ADLs and preventing complications<br>in the patients than did in the control group. The experimental group was also found to spend<br>signifcantly fewer days of hospitalization than did in the control group.<br> Recommendations: It is recommended that nurses implement this NCMP in patients<br>with multiple traumatic injuries as a means of reducing their length of hospitalisation,<br>enhancing the patients’ and their caregivers’ ability to perform activities of daily living, and<br>enabling the caregivers to prevent the patients from developing complications.</p>}, number={4}, journal={The Journal of Thailand Nursing and Midwifery Council }, author={สุวรรณ ดวงกมล and แซ่เซี้ย วิภา and ส่งวัฒนา ประณีต}, year={2018}, month={Dec.}, pages={33–45} }