Informationsprocessen i samband med kronisk hjärtsvikt - en analys av focusgruppintervjuer
Engelsk titel: The process of patient information connected to chronic congestive heart failure - an analysis of focus-group interviews
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Författare:
Olsson M
;
Karlberg KE
;
Laitinen K
Språk: Swe
Antal referenser: 25
Dokumenttyp:
Artikel
UI-nummer: 99085293
Sammanfattning
Appropriate patient education
enables patients to participate in
their own care. It is vital that
patients suffering from congestive
heart failure (CHF) are involved
in their care, because self care is
of great importance to controll
the symtoms. The aim of this
article is to elucidate factors that
facilitate respectively hinder a
group of patients with CHF to use
information. A qualitative approach
was used in the study analysing
two focus group interviews.
The results revealed not only a
daily-life-perspective of CHF, but
also facilitating factors to use
information and problems in the
information process. A dialogue
between the care-giver and the
care-taker is crucial for patients
to profit by information and such
a dialogue was not always established.
When patients with the
same disease came together in a
group an interaction was initiated.
This group interaction
implied advantages both in terms
of pedagogy and social support.
The problems in the information
process were mainly deficiencies
in the communication and in the
continuity of the process. A group
format was found as a possible
alternative for patient education
in CHF, worth testing in the clinical
practise.