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Assessment of Geriatric Practice Environment and Nursing Practice as Determinants of Quality of Older Adult Care
- Dr Maria hamid, Ajk mc Muzaffarbad
- Maria Shoukat, Ayub Medical College Abbottabad KPK
- Dr Amna Tahir, Saidu medical college swat
- Dr Momina Taqdees Gallani, Azad Jammu and Kashmir medical college muzaffarbad
- Dr Shabnam mujassar, Pouch medical college rawalakot
- Dr Nelofer Shehnaz Tabassum, AJK Medical College Muzafferabad
ABSTRACT:
Aim: The main purpose of our research was to investigate the links between the geriatric practice environment, geriatric nursing practice, and quality of patient care for older persons and their families as assessed by nursing professionals when controlling for nurse and facility variables.
Methods: Respondents (N = 2,025) from 57 hospitals answered validated questions about the geriatric clinical setting, geriatric nursing practice, general quality of care for older individuals and their families, and nurse and facility demographics. Hierarchical linear modelling was used to test the connections.
Results: The geriatric patient population had a favorable connection of large magnitude between both geriatric nursing practice (= 0.53) and overall quality of care (= 0.94); nevertheless, the inverse correlation seen between geriatric practice environment and quality of healthcare, influenced by geriatric nursing practice, was not substantial (= -0.03). With such a root mean square (rms of 0.08, a coefficient of determination index of 0.94, and a Tucker-Lewis index of 0.89, the model-based fit was satisfactory.
Conclusion: A great geriatric practice environment that affects geriatric nursing practice overall quality of patient care for older persons and persons in a favorable and direct way, but it will not possibly influence quality of healthcare services indirect through geriatric nursing practice.
Keywords: geriatric practice environment, geriatric nursing practice, nurse and facility variables.