癌症患者在Covid-19期间对志愿者服务的需求:混合方法探索性研究
Sara Alfieri1, Laura Gangeri2, Simonetta Sborea3
1Clinical Psychology, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori, Via Venezian 1, Milan, 20133, Italy.
BMC psychology
|December 2, 2023
概括
在Covid-19大流行期间,癌症患者需要医院支持,情绪关怀和日常差事帮助. 志愿者服务可以调整以满足这些基本需求,改善患者的福祉.
科学领域:
- 在瘤学瘤学.
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 志愿者管理的管理.
背景情况:
- COVID-19 疫情为癌症患者的支持带来了前所未有的挑战.
- 没有先前的研究记录了疫情期间癌症患者志愿服务的具体需求.
- 志愿者组织需要了解这些需求,才能有效地指导他们的服务.
研究的目的:
- 在Covid-19大流行期间,绘制米兰国家瘤研究所癌症患者志愿者服务需求图.
- 开发和验证一个专门用于评估这些患者需求的工具.
主要方法:
- 采用混合方法的多相方法.
- 第一阶段涉及对32名患者的开放式问卷进行主题分析,以确定初始需求.
- 第二阶段涉及专家和患者 (同行) 对问卷单项的审查,其次是第三阶段向214名患者分发精制的问卷,使用描述性统计和探索性因子分析 (EFA) 进行分析.
主要成果:
- 探索性因素分析根据优先顺序确定了五个关键需求:医院支持,情感支持,日常差事,对家庭的实际支持和空时间的参与.
- 开发的工具显示了令人鼓舞的初步结果,用于评估患者需求.
- 32名患者完成了第一阶段,12名患者参加了第二阶段 (3名同龄人,9名专家),214名患者完成了第三阶段问卷.
结论:
- 在COVID-19大流行期间,癌症患者表达了志愿者支持的独特需求,优先考虑医院援助和情感福祉.
- 开发的评估工具对了解和解决患者需求充满希望.
- 这些发现将使当地志愿者协会能够在疫情期间和之后有效地定制服务.
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