Table 3.
Care needs of elderly participants in practical nursing programs
| Nursing aspects | Nursing items | Male | Female | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bedridden (n = 390, 68.8%) | Domestic (n = 145, 25.6%) | Community (n = 32, 5.6%) | Bedridden (n = 412, 69.8%) | Domestic (n = 148, 25.1%) | Community (n = 30, 5.1%) | ||||||||
| Care needs (N, %) | Care time (min, Median, quartiles) | Care needs (N, %) | Care time (min, Median, quartiles) | Care needs (N, %) | Care time (min, Median, quartiles) | Care needs (N, %) | Care time (min, Median, quartiles) | Care needs (N, %) | Care time (min, Median, quartiles) | Care needs (N, %) | Care time (min, Median, quartiles) | ||
| Basic health care | bathing | 361, 92.6%*# | 30, 20–40*# | 122, 84.1% | 30, 20–35 | 24, 75.0% | 30, 20–30 | 377, 91.5%* | 30, 20–40 | 126, 85.1% | 30, 20–36 | 25, 83.3% | 30, 20–30 |
| feeding | 355, 91.0%** | 60, 50–90& | 116, 80.0% | 60, 52–89 | 28, 87.5% | 60, 45–90 | 375, 91.0%* | 60, 45–90 | 122, 82.4% | 60, 45–90 | 26, 86.7% | 60, 50–90 | |
| drinking | 343, 87.9%* | 25, 15–40 | 115, 79.3% | 23, 15–38 | 25, 78.1% | 20, 12–30 | 368, 89.3%* | 25, 15–40# | 116, 78.4% | 19, 15–30 | 27, 90.0% | 15, 12–30 | |
| bowel management | 341, 87.4%*# | 15, 10–20*#& | 116, 80.0% | 11, 10–15 | 22, 68.8%& | 10, 5–15 | 355, 86.2%* | 10, 9–20 | 113, 76.4% | 10, 8–15 | 27, 90.0% | 10, 10–10 | |
| bladder management | 339, 86.9%*# | 20, 12–30* | 112, 77.2% | 15, 10–30 | 22, 68.8% | 17, 12–24 | 350, 85.0%* | 18, 12–30 | 114, 77.0% | 15, 12–30 | 27, 90.0% | 16, 12–25 | |
| grooming | 309, 79.2%& | 20, 10–30 | 114, 78.6% | 20, 10–30 | 22, 68.8% | 15, 10–30 | 291, 70.6% | 20, 10–30 | 106, 71.6% | 20, 10–30 | 23, 76.7% | 20, 10–20 | |
| Disease care | Hypertension management | 334, 85.6%**& | 5, 3–10*#& | 102, 70.3% | 5, 3–6 | 25, 78.1% | 3, 2–5 | 331, 80.3% | 5, 3–6* | 117, 79.1% | 4, 3–5 | 23, 76.7% | 3, 2–5 |
| Blood glucose management | 156, 40.0%*& | 4, 2–9 | 42, 29.0% | 3, 2–8 | 11, 34.4% | 4, 3–6 | 120, 29.1% | 4, 2–8 | 50, 33.8% | 4, 2–6 | 10,33.3% | 4, 2–5 | |
| Activity care | assistive motion exercise | 272, 69.7%*##&& | 30, 30–40 | 84, 57.9%# | 30, 30–52 | 12, 37.5% | 40, 25–60 | 235, 57.0% | 30, 20–45 | 89, 60.1% | 30, 20–50 | 17, 56.7% | 40, 20–90 |
| transfer | 149, 38.2%*&& | 25, 10–40* | 75, 51.7%& | 30, 20–60 | 12, 37.5% | 28, 20–50 | 105, 25.5%* | 20, 10–40 | 57, 38.5% | 30, 20–60 | 7, 23.3% | 30, 30–60 | |
| Complication prevention care | mouth care | 266, 68.2%**## | 10, 5–15& | 39, 26.9% | 10, 10–20& | 8, 25.0% | 10, 6–15 | 266, 64.6%**## | 10, 5–11 | 43, 29.1% | 10, 5–11 | 6, 20.0% | 10, 10–15 |
| body reposition | 267, 68.5%**##& | 30, 15–60 | 24, 16.6% | 30, 18–40& | 2, 6.3% | 20, 10–30 | 247, 60.0%**## | 30, 15–60 | 21, 14.2% | 12, 10–24 | 1, 3.3% | 24, 24–24 | |
| artificial airway management | 158, 40.5%**##&& | 20, 10–30 | 4, 2.8% | 16, 9–20 | 0, 0.0% | - | 104, 25.2%**## | 17, 10–30 | 2, 1.4% | 20, 15–25 | 0, 0.0% | - | |
| Psychosocial care | entertainment | 142, 36.4%** | 40, 30–60 | 92, 63.4%# | 45, 30–60 | 14, 43.8%& | 60, 30–60 | 126, 30.6%**## | 40, 30–60 | 92, 62.2% | 55, 30–60 | 22, 73.3% | 40, 30–60 |
*Compared with domestic group, p < 0.05; **: Compared with domestic group, p < 0.001; #: Compared with community group, p < 0.05; ##: Compared with community group, p < 0.001; &: Compared between male and female, p < 0.05; &&: Compared between male and female, p < 0.001; Mann–Whitney U test