走廊感觉像无家可归:老年寄宿者体验的经验
Sarah E Perelman1,2, Danielle M Muriel1,2,3, Anita N Chary4
1Department of Emergency Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Journal of the American Geriatrics Society
|May 14, 2025
概括
进入急诊室 (ED) 的老年人经历了压力和无能为力,特别是在走廊里. 专门的单位提高他们的经验,优先考虑应该考虑医疗敏度,而不仅仅是年龄.
科学领域:
- 老年医学 老年医学
- 医疗保健服务研究 医疗服务研究
- 定性研究是指质量研究.
背景情况:
- 紧急部门 (ED) 的登机与不良结果有关,特别是在脆弱的老年人中.
- 老年患者面临着长时间的ED登机,并且不成比例地受到其危害的影响.
- 这项研究独特地使用定性方法探索了老年患者在ED登机期间的主观经验.
研究的目的:
- 调查老年患者在急诊室长时间住院的经历.
- 确定老年人在ED登机期间面临的关键主题和挑战.
- 为改善这群人群的护理环境和患者体验的战略提供信息.
主要方法:
- 半结构面试对26名65岁以上的患者进行了半结构面试,这些患者在ED上登机超过四小时.
- 参与者位于各种ED护理空间,包括走廊和专门的寄宿单位.
- 接地理论被用于对转录的采访进行主题分析,直到和.
主要成果:
- 四个主要主题出现了:护理空间位置的重要性 (专用单位优先于走廊),能够将护理质量与环境分开,无能感,以及基于医疗敏度而不是年龄优先考虑的愿望.
- 患者报告说,他们感到压力和无能为力,特别是在走廊空间照顾时.
- 显而易见的是,人们更喜欢专门的寄宿单位而不是走廊护理.
结论:
- 在ED登机期间,老年人经历了显著的压力和无能为力,护理空间的位置是一个关键因素.
- 对于住院病床的优先考虑应考虑患者的敏度,脆弱性和慢性年龄的并发症.
- 结果为医疗系统提供了见解,以增强老年患者的ED登机体验,突出了进一步研究的需要.
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