ASSESSMENT OF PATIENTS EXPERIENCE OF DISCOMFORTS DURING RESPIRATOR THERAPY
ASSESSMENT OF PATIENTS EXPERIENCE OF DISCOMFORTS DURING RESPIRATOR THERAPY
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DOI:
10.1097/00003246-198910000-00021
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发表时间:
1989-10-01
影响因子:
8.8
通讯作者:
HALJAMAE, H
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作者:
BERGBOMENGBERG, I;HALJAMAE, H
Patients (n = 158) who had been respirator-treated and who could remember the treatment were retrospectively (after > 2 months) interviewed about their experiences. Of all patients, 47% had felt anxiety and/or fear during the treatment. These feelings were intimately related to the experience of agony/panic (p < .001) and insecurity (p < .001). Inability to talk and communicate was found to be the dominating reason (p < .001) for evoking such feelings and also made it difficult for the patients to sleep and rest (p < .05); no correlation to pain was found. Difficulties to synchronize with the respirator in connection with suctioning also caused feelings of anxiety/fear (p < .01), agony/panic (p < .01), and insecurity (p < .001). Even as long as 4 yr after respirator treatment, most patients (90%) who remember the treatment still recall the situation as unpleasant and stress-evoking. The isolation due to communication difficulties was a greater problem than direct airway-related nursing care activities. This relationship between communication difficulties and severe emotional reactions should be considered in the nursing care of respirator-treated patients.