慢性病患者护理人员的死亡焦虑
Raúl Quevedo-Blasco1, Amparo Díaz-Román2, Alberto Vega-García3
1Mind, Brain and Behavior Research Center (CIMCYC), University of Granada, 18011 Granada, Spain.
Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland)
|January 11, 2024
概括
慢性疾病患者的护理人员经历了中度的死亡焦虑. 这项研究发现,患者和护理人员之间的死亡焦虑水平没有显著差异,这表明他们有共同的经验.
科学领域:
- 心理学 心理学 心理学
- 医学 医学 医学 医学 医学
- 社会学 社会学 社会学
背景情况:
- 慢性病患者的照顾者经常面临严重的心理压力.
- 死亡焦虑是临终患者和他们的支持系统普遍关注的问题.
研究的目的:
- 量化慢性病患者的护理人员中死亡焦虑的患病率.
- 为了确定与护理人员死亡焦虑相关的患者和护理人员变量.
- 为了比较患者和他们的护理人员之间的死亡焦虑水平.
主要方法:
- 在主要数据库 (Web of Science,Scopus,PubMed等) 进行了系统的文献搜索. 对于在2022年12月之前发表的定量研究.
- 评估了包含的研究的方法质量.
- 使用Hedges' g进行了一项元分析,以比较患者和护理人员之间的死亡焦虑.
主要成果:
- 包括11项研究,表明护理人员的死亡焦虑水平中等.
- 七项研究的元分析 (614名患者,586名护理人员) 显示,患者和护理人员之间的死亡焦虑没有统计学上显著的差异 (Hedges' g = -0.03,p = 0.802).
- 社会人口统计学和心理因素,如性别,抑郁和焦虑,可能会影响护理人员的死亡焦虑,需要进一步调查.
结论:
- 慢性病患者的护理人员经历了中度的死亡焦虑,与患者本身相比.
- 这些发现强调了护理人员的心理负担,并表明需要有针对性的支持.
- 建议进行进一步的研究,以探索影响护理人员死亡焦虑的具体因素,并开发有效的干预措施.
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