An Assessment of Indigenous Ethnic Group Perception on Baylon’s Quality Patient Nursing Care Theory in Selected Barangay Communities in Kalinga Province in the Philippines

Background: This research study entailed assessing the “Perception” of the selected barangay communities in Kalinga Province in the Philippines because they live in high lands and healthcare services are crucial in this area. This is not only due to the high elevation but also because of the long distance from the National Government, where all the health supplies are sourced.

Aims: This study aims to assess the perceptions of indigenous ethnic group from selected barangay communities in Kalinga Province regarding the quality of patient nursing care and to generate essential recommendations for the Indigenous Ethnic Group, staff nurses, doctors, hospital administrators, as well as officials from the Department of Health and the National Government. The valuable insights obtained from this study will be instrumental in driving positive changes in healthcare delivery.

Methods: The study employed a Quantitative Descriptive nonparametric method design in this study to assess the perception of the communities in terms of factors to consider if patients will submit to hospitalization or not, determinants of quality patient health care, factors that boost patients' recovery, expected government programs, and self-image problems due to their diagnosis. Percentage was used to identify the ranking of categories and Welch t-test was used to identify the difference between the perception of the two barangay communities.

Results: The study showed that the mean scores and standard deviation of Group 1 Barangay community of Agbannwag and Group 2 Barangay community of Malalao were 89.45 (SD=14.72) and 96.67 (SD=2.52), respectively, and the statistical analysis of the Welch t-test calculated the t-value as -3.5854, with a p-value of 0.0006964 less than alpha, the null hypothesis is rejected and the difference was statistically significant.

Conclusion: The study concludes that both selected barangay communities of Indigenous Ethnic Group from Kalinga Province differs significantly in their perception on Baylon’s Quality Patient Nursing Care Theory but both barangay communities recognized the importance of Baylon’s Theory.