死亡儿童的喘息:医疗保健专业人员的感受和知识
Charlotte Pierron1,2, Amélie Maillard3, Caroline Farnoux4
1Department of Neonatal and Pediatric Intensive Care, Centre Hospitalier du Luxembourg, Luxembourg, Luxembourg.
Journal of palliative medicine
|September 6, 2023
概括
医疗保健专业人员 (HCP) 经常发现,在临终的新生儿和儿科重症监护室 (NICU/PICU) 患者中,目睹喘不过气的情况令人痛苦. 教育是必要的,以改善医疗保健工作者.
科学领域:
- 医学研究 医学研究
- 儿科重症监护 儿科重症监护
- 新生儿重症监护中心
背景情况:
- 垂死患者的喘息是一种复杂的现象.
- 在新生儿重症监护室 (NICU) 和儿科重症监护室 (PICU) 的医疗保健专业人员 (HCP) 经常遇到气喘.
- 了解医疗保健工作者的观点对于改善终身护理至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 评估医疗保健工作者对重症新生儿和儿童喘息的情绪反应和知识.
- 评估医疗保健工作人员对患者和家庭在喘气期间的经历的看法.
- 确定管理临终患者的医疗保健工作人员的教育需求,这些患者表现出喘不过气.
主要方法:
- 使用9项问卷对2个NICU和2个PICU的488名医疗保健工作人员进行了横截面调查.
- 参与者包括医生,护士和护士助理.
- 收集的数据集中在与喘息相关的医疗人员的感受,知识和沟通策略上.
主要成果:
- 总共有248名医疗保健工作者参加了调查.
- 43%的受访者认为喘息对患者来说是痛苦的.
- 大多数医疗保健工作者发现目睹喘息对父母来说是痛苦的,77%的人报告了个人痛苦.
结论:
- 在临终儿科和新生儿患者中目睹喘息时,医务人员经历了显著的情绪困扰.
- 需要加强医疗保健工作者对喘气和应对机制生理学的教育.
- 在涉及喘气的终身护理期间,为父母和医疗保健工作者提供更好的支持是有必要的.
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