"快速跳":中年女性对心跳的描述
Janet S Carpenter1, Rileigh Fagan1, Mofareh A Alzahrani2
1From the Indiana University School of Nursing, Indianapolis, IN.
概括
在更年期前和更年期后的妇女描述了各种心跳和医疗保健经历. 许多妇女尽量减少症状或避免护理,影响临床评估和对这种常见症状的干预开发.
科学领域:
- 心脏病学 心脏病学
- 妇女健康 妇女健康
- 定性研究是指质量研究.
背景情况:
- 心是近期和绝经后妇女常见但不太了解的症状.
- 了解女性的主观经验对于有效的临床管理至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 描述近期和更年期后妇女的心的经历,包括症状特征和医疗保健相互作用.
- 确定影响妇女报告和管理心的因素.
主要方法:
- 使用半结构面试进行的定性描述性研究.
- 14名患有心的女性 (平均年龄54.5岁) 参与了这项研究.
- 对女性叙事进行了内容分析.
主要成果:
- 妇女经常在没有提示的情况下努力描述心,并报告了各种症状质量.
- 医疗保健经验范围从症状报告不足到诊断测试.
- 一些妇女创造了"最糟糕的情况"来证明寻求护理的正当性,经常尽量减少症状.
结论:
- 这些发现提高了对女性如何感知和传达心跳的理解.
- 对开发改进的临床工具,沟通策略和行为干预措施对这一群体的影响.
- 强调需要更好地评估和教育关于近期和绝经后妇女心跳的必要性.
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