Turkish nurses’ concerns about home health care in Turkey

Abstract

Objective: The purpose of this study was to explore nurses’ concerns regarding the introduction of home health care in Turkey.

Design: The study was a descriptive research design using a self administered questionnaire.

Setting: The setting was a 400 bed general public hospital in Ankara, Turkey.

Subjects: 243 staff nurses were invited to participate in the study with 187 nurses returning the self administered questionnaire (response rate 76.95%).

Main outcome measure: The main outcome measure was the level of support by participating nurses for the delivery of home care in the Turkish health system as a way of cost effective health service provision.

Results: The results show that about 60% of the participating nurses supported the introduction of home health services in Turkey.

Conclusions: The results of the study can be used to support the introduction by health policy makers and health professionals of home care as an alternative delivery system in the Turkish health sector.