Korean Journal of Medical Ethics
The Korean Society for Medical Ethics
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생명윤리 교육프로그램이 요양보호사에 미치는 효과

정은영1, 박지경2,*
Eun-Young JUNG1, Ji-Kyeong PARK2,*
1청암대학교 간호학과
2동의대학교 의료경영학과
1Department of Nursing, Cheongam College
2Department of Healthcare Management, Dongeui University
*교신저자: 박지경. 동의대학교 의료경영학과. Tel: 051-890-4214. Fax: 051-890-2649. e-mail: jkpark@deu.ac.kr

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Received: Aug 21, 2015; Revised: Sep 18, 2015; Accepted: Sep 29, 2015

Published Online: Sep 30, 2015

요약

본 연구의 목적은 요양보호사의 생명윤리 교육프로그램이 생명의료윤리의식과 노인에 대한 태도에 미치는 효과를 규명하는 비동등성 대조군 사전ㆍ사후 유사 실험연구이다. S시 소재의 노인요양시설에 근무하는 요양보호사 중 실험군 29명, 대조군 29명으로 총 58명을 대상으로 생명윤리 교육프로그램을 개발, 적용하여 그 효과를 검증하였다. 자료분석은 SPSS 19.0K를 이용하여 빈도분석, χ2-test, independent t-test를 실시하였다. 연구결과는 첫째, 실험군은 생명윤리 교육 후 생명의료윤리의식과 노인에 대한 태도는 교육 전과 비교하여 긍정적으로 변화되었다. 둘째, 실험군의 생명윤리 교육 후 생명의료윤리의식 중 태아생명권, 인공임신중절, 인공수정, 태아진단, 뇌사, 인간생명공학과 노인에 대한 태도가 대조군과 비교하여 긍정적으로 변화되었다. 이상의 연구 결과를 근거로 요양보호사에게 실시한 생명윤리 교육프로그램은 생명의료윤리의식과 노인에 대한 태도에 긍정적인 영향을 줄 수 있는 중재 프로그램으로써 실무에 활용될 수 있을 것으로 사료된다.

ABSTRACT

The purpose of this study was to examine the effects of a bioethics education program on caregivers’ understanding of biomedical ethics and their attitudes toward the elderly. A nonequivalent control group pretest-posttest quasi-experimental design was adopted. The subjects in this study were 58 caregivers who work in long-term care facilities in South Korea. An experimental group and a control group were organized with 29 caregivers in each group, and the effects of the bioethics education program developed for this study were tested. The data were analyzed with the SPSS 19.0K statistical package. The findings of the study were as follows. First, after subjects in the experimental group received the bioethics education program, positive changes were detected in their understanding of biomedical ethics and their attitudes to the elderly. Second, the experimental group underwent more positive changes than the control group in terms of their understanding of the right to life of fetuses, artificial abortion, artificial insemination, prenatal diagnosis of fetuses, brain death and human biotechnology as well as in their attitudes toward the elderly. Accordingly, the bioethics education program that was provided to caregivers in this study had a positive effect on caregivers’ understanding of biomedical ethics and their attitudes toward the elderly.

Keywords: 교육프로그램; 요양보호사; 생명의료윤리의식; 태도
Keywords: education program; caregiver; ethics; attitude