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Chapter V SUMMARY, CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATION
This chapter is composed of the points presented in the study concerning the level of awareness of patients on their rights. It also presents the summary of the research study, the conclusion extracted from the research findings and the recommendation based on the results of this study.
Summary The main objective of this study was to determine the relationship between the patient’s profile and the level of awareness of patients in Ilocos training and Regional Medical Center (ITRMC) on their rights. This research was conducted during the month of June to July 2006 to patients who were admitted in Ilocos training and Regional Medical Center (ITRMC). The total number of respondents that were gathered was 68 patients. The descriptive correlation research design was used in the study because it described and interpreted the level of awareness of confined patients in Ilocos training and Regional Medical Center (ITRMC) on their rights. Correlation was employed because it determined the relationship
46 between the profile and the level of awareness of patients in Ilocos training and Regional Medical Center (ITRMC) on their rights. In order to gather data on the level of awareness of patients in Ilocos training and Regional Medical Center (ITRMC) on their rights, a questionnaire composed of the different rights of patients was used. The questionnaire was given personally by the researchers. The questionnaire was administered in the hospital during the month of June to July 2006. To determine the profile respondents, frequency count and percentages were used and Pearson product moment correlation was utilized to determine if there is a significant relationship between the profile and the level of awareness of patients in Ilocos training and Regional Medical Center (ITRMC) on their rights. Specifically, the study sought to answer the following problems: 1. What is the profile of the confined patients in Ilocos Training and Regional Medical Center (ITRMC) in terms of the following variables: a.) age, b.) sex c.) highest educational attainment and d.) occupation? 2. What is the level of awareness of patients in Ilocos Training and Regional Medical Center (ITRMC) on their rights? 3. Is there a significant relationship between the profile and the level of awareness of patients in Ilocos training and Regional Medical Center (ITRMC) on their rights?
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Findings of the Study The following were the salient findings of the study: 1. Majority of the respondents were females ages 26-31 years old, and most of them have finished a college degree, and who had neither employed in a professional nor a technical work. 2. In the level of awareness of patients on their rights, all of the rights mentioned in the study had an overall weighted mean of 2.0, which was in between the statistical rating scale of 1.7 to 2.3. The results had vividly implied that patients in Ilocos Training and Regional Medical Center (ITRMC) were basically aware of their rights. However, among those twenty-one (21) rights that were comprised in the study, it was the right to considerate and respectful care that had the highest weighted mean of 2.3, and on the other hand, it was the right to be informed of the medical consequences of one’s refusal or plan of care that had the lowest weighted mean of 1.8. 3. The relationship of the profile and the level of awareness of patients of patients in Ilocos Training and Regional Medical Center (ITRMC), as presented in table 3, had a negligible correlation because the computed correlation coefficient value of lower than the critical value of +/- .23848 at .05 level of significance.
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Conclusions Based on the findings of the study, therefore the researchers conclude that: 1. Patients in Ilocos Training and Regional Medical Center (ITRMC) are mostly young female adults who graduated from a bachelor’s degree and are employed either in the professional and technical fields. Those who are neither in the professional nor technical field considered their type of occupation as others. 2. Patients in Ilocos Training and Regional Medical Center (ITRMC) are basically aware and concerned of their rights. Patients’ awareness on these rights ensures the equal medical treatment consistent with the dignity and respect owed to them as human beings. Raising awareness is beneficial since it will accustom people to broad health. 3. The level of awareness of patients in Ilocos Training and Regional Medical Center (ITRMC) on their rights is not related and not affected by age, sex, highest educational attainment and occupation.
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Recommendations The following recommendations were formulated based on the established conclusions. 1. The legislative department, same be local or national, should persist to enact laws that will give highest priority to the patients’ rights in order to safeguard the patients’ dignity and integrity, and to minimize the cases of medical negligence or malpractice. 2. The hospital administrators and staff members should continue to promote and enhance the respect for the patient’s rights in accordance to the standard policy in the protection human dignity and integrity. 3. The health care team which includes student nurses should maintain their active participation and involvement in the promotion and enhancement of patients’ rights through health education that will make patients understand fully their rights in order for them to act accordingly to their respective rights and responsibilities. 4. The educational institutions from the different colleges not only medical schools should continue to include in their respective curricula and discussions about the rights and responsibilities of patients so that students will further guide them to the particular rights they are entitled to.
50 5. The patients on the other hand should continue to be aware of these rights and able to realize that awareness of their rights connotes responsibility not only for themselves but for the improvement of the health care system as well.
This chapter is composed of the points presented in the study concerning the level of awareness of patients on their rights. It also presents the summary of the research study, the conclusion extracted from the research findings and the recommendation based on the results of this study.
Summary The main objective of this study was to determine the relationship between the patient’s profile and the level of awareness of patients in Ilocos training and Regional Medical Center (ITRMC) on their rights. This research was conducted during the month of June to July 2006 to patients who were admitted in Ilocos training and Regional Medical Center (ITRMC). The total number of respondents that were gathered was 68 patients. The descriptive correlation research design was used in the study because it described and interpreted the level of awareness of confined patients in Ilocos training and Regional Medical Center (ITRMC) on their rights. Correlation was employed because it determined the relationship
46 between the profile and the level of awareness of patients in Ilocos training and Regional Medical Center (ITRMC) on their rights. In order to gather data on the level of awareness of patients in Ilocos training and Regional Medical Center (ITRMC) on their rights, a questionnaire composed of the different rights of patients was used. The questionnaire was given personally by the researchers. The questionnaire was administered in the hospital during the month of June to July 2006. To determine the profile respondents, frequency count and percentages were used and Pearson product moment correlation was utilized to determine if there is a significant relationship between the profile and the level of awareness of patients in Ilocos training and Regional Medical Center (ITRMC) on their rights. Specifically, the study sought to answer the following problems: 1. What is the profile of the confined patients in Ilocos Training and Regional Medical Center (ITRMC) in terms of the following variables: a.) age, b.) sex c.) highest educational attainment and d.) occupation? 2. What is the level of awareness of patients in Ilocos Training and Regional Medical Center (ITRMC) on their rights? 3. Is there a significant relationship between the profile and the level of awareness of patients in Ilocos training and Regional Medical Center (ITRMC) on their rights?
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Findings of the Study The following were the salient findings of the study: 1. Majority of the respondents were females ages 26-31 years old, and most of them have finished a college degree, and who had neither employed in a professional nor a technical work. 2. In the level of awareness of patients on their rights, all of the rights mentioned in the study had an overall weighted mean of 2.0, which was in between the statistical rating scale of 1.7 to 2.3. The results had vividly implied that patients in Ilocos Training and Regional Medical Center (ITRMC) were basically aware of their rights. However, among those twenty-one (21) rights that were comprised in the study, it was the right to considerate and respectful care that had the highest weighted mean of 2.3, and on the other hand, it was the right to be informed of the medical consequences of one’s refusal or plan of care that had the lowest weighted mean of 1.8. 3. The relationship of the profile and the level of awareness of patients of patients in Ilocos Training and Regional Medical Center (ITRMC), as presented in table 3, had a negligible correlation because the computed correlation coefficient value of lower than the critical value of +/- .23848 at .05 level of significance.
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Conclusions Based on the findings of the study, therefore the researchers conclude that: 1. Patients in Ilocos Training and Regional Medical Center (ITRMC) are mostly young female adults who graduated from a bachelor’s degree and are employed either in the professional and technical fields. Those who are neither in the professional nor technical field considered their type of occupation as others. 2. Patients in Ilocos Training and Regional Medical Center (ITRMC) are basically aware and concerned of their rights. Patients’ awareness on these rights ensures the equal medical treatment consistent with the dignity and respect owed to them as human beings. Raising awareness is beneficial since it will accustom people to broad health. 3. The level of awareness of patients in Ilocos Training and Regional Medical Center (ITRMC) on their rights is not related and not affected by age, sex, highest educational attainment and occupation.
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Recommendations The following recommendations were formulated based on the established conclusions. 1. The legislative department, same be local or national, should persist to enact laws that will give highest priority to the patients’ rights in order to safeguard the patients’ dignity and integrity, and to minimize the cases of medical negligence or malpractice. 2. The hospital administrators and staff members should continue to promote and enhance the respect for the patient’s rights in accordance to the standard policy in the protection human dignity and integrity. 3. The health care team which includes student nurses should maintain their active participation and involvement in the promotion and enhancement of patients’ rights through health education that will make patients understand fully their rights in order for them to act accordingly to their respective rights and responsibilities. 4. The educational institutions from the different colleges not only medical schools should continue to include in their respective curricula and discussions about the rights and responsibilities of patients so that students will further guide them to the particular rights they are entitled to.
50 5. The patients on the other hand should continue to be aware of these rights and able to realize that awareness of their rights connotes responsibility not only for themselves but for the improvement of the health care system as well.
