The personal value of being a palliative care Community Volunteer Worker in Uganda: A qualitative study
The personal value of being a palliative care Community Volunteer Worker in Uganda: A qualitative study
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DOI：
10.1177/0269216311413628
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发表时间：
2012-07-01
影响因子：
4.4
通讯作者：
Merriman, Anne
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作者：
Jack, Barbara A.;Kirton, Jennifer A.;Merriman, Anne
背景：志愿者在姑息治疗中发挥着关键作用，特别是在临终关怀环境中。姑息治疗在发展中国家的扩展伴随着志愿者工作者的出现，他们为患者提供支持和护理的主要来源，其中许多人从未见过卫生专业人员。目的：本研究的目的是评估成为志愿者的动机和在乌干达成为姑息治疗社区志愿者工作者的个人影响。设计：研究采用了半结构化的个人和小组数字记录访谈的定性方法。数据进行了分析，为新出现的主题使用专题analysis.Setting/Participants：四十三个访谈进行，32与社区志愿者工作者和11与临终关怀临床团队，使用半结构化的数字记录个人，小组和焦点小组访谈在非洲临终关怀网站在Uganda.Results：结果确定了文化的愿望，帮助人们成为一名志愿者的关键动力。此外，志愿者报告说，有一种自豪感，在他们的志愿服务的作用，这一作用产生了积极的影响，他们的感知状态在其当地community.Conclusion：这种模式的志愿服务显然是有影响的志愿者，无论是个人，也在如何对待他们在自己的社区。建议进行进一步研究，以探索作为姑息治疗志愿者的长期个人利益。
Background: Volunteers in palliative care play a key role, particularly in the hospice setting. The expansion of palliative care into developing countries has been accompanied by the emergence of volunteer workers, who are providing a main source of support and care for patients, many of whom never see a health professional.Aim: The aim of this study was to evaluate the motivation for becoming a volunteer and the personal impact of being a palliative care Community Volunteer Worker in Uganda.Design: A qualitative methodology using semi-structured individual and group digitally recorded interviews was adopted for the study. Data were analysed for emerging themes using thematic analysis.Setting/Participants: Forty-three interviews were undertaken, 32 with Community Volunteer Workers and 11 with the Hospice clinical teams, using semi-structured digitally recorded individual, group and focus group interviews at the Hospice Africa sites in Uganda.Results: The results identified the cultural wish to help people as a key motivator in becoming a volunteer. Additionally, the volunteers reported having a sense of pride in their volunteering role, and this role had a positive impact on their perceived status in their local community.Conclusion: This model of volunteering is clearly having an impact on the volunteers, both personally and also in terms of how they are treated in their communities. Further research to explore the long-term personal benefits of being a palliative care volunteer is recommended.