家庭护理人员对支持老年人应对孤独的看法和经验:一个定性采访研究
Ka Man Cheng1, Ivy Yan Zhao1,2,3, Della Maneze4
1School of Nursing, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, China.
International journal of mental health nursing
|July 29, 2024
概括
家庭护理人员在支持有多种健康状况,孤独感的老年人方面发挥着至关重要的作用. 了解他们的挑战和看法是开发有效干预老年人群孤独的关键.
科学领域:
- 老年学是一门学科.
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 定性研究是指质量研究.
背景情况:
- 孤独是社区生活的老年人,特别是那些多病症患者的重大公共卫生问题.
- 家庭护理人员对于支持这些人来说至关重要,但他们的看法尚未得到充分研究.
- 对于家庭护理人员在支持多病症老年人应对孤独的经验,人们的理解有限.
研究的目的:
- 探索家庭护理人员的经验和看法,支持老年人,社区生活的多病症成年人应对孤独.
- 阐明家庭护理人员在应对老年人孤独时所面临的挑战和成功的策略.
- 确定关键主题,与识别和响应孤独在护理的背景下.
主要方法:
- 使用诱导分析进行的定性研究.
- 与11名家庭护理人员 (51-93岁) 进行的个人访谈,他们至少有两年的护理经验.
- 报告遵循了报告定性研究的综合标准 (COREQ) 清单.
主要成果:
- 出现了三个主要主题:通过情绪/行为线索识别孤独,照顾者关系的影响影响反应的变化,以及解决孤独的挑战.
- 照顾者通过情绪,行为,社交网络和语言的变化来识别孤独.
- 老年人的积极反激励了护理人员,突出了他们的角色的重要性.
结论:
- 干预措施应以患者和家庭护理人员为中心,重点是沟通技巧培训.
- 尊重文化价值观和规范对于促进舒适的情感表达至关重要.
- 增强的沟通策略可以改善对经历孤独的老年人的支持.
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