Pasienters opplevelse av informasjon i forbindelse med en operasjon. - En kvalitativ studie
Engelsk titel: Patients' experiences with information in connection with an operation - a qualitative study
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Författare:
Grönnestad BK
;
Blystad A
Email: berit.gronnestad@lyse.net
Språk: Nor
Antal referenser: 29
Dokumenttyp:
Artikel
UI-nummer: 04123656
Sammanfattning
This paper presents a qualitative
study focusing on how patients
experience the information they
receive in connection with an
operation. The study seeks knowledge
about which topics the patients
receive information about,
and the significance of information
for mastering the role as surgical
patient. The study also investigates
to what extent the
patients find their need for information
fulfilled.
Data were collected in semistructured
interviews with eight
strategically sampled patients
who had had elective gastrointestinal
surgery in a Norwegian hospital.
The interviews were audiotaped
and transcribed, before a
cross case analysis was carried
out to identify recurrent themes.
The informants express that
most important was the information
´s influence on the experience
of safety and hope. The results of
this study show that patients wish
for more information that enable
them to interpret their own experiences
and reactions in a situation
of uncertainty with regards to
their condition. Lack of such
knowledge creates uncertainty
and fear. The patients are also
poorly prepared for discharge.
The study indicates that the
patients have largely varying
needs concerning information,
which implies that it is difficult to
approach the problem with standardized
information programmes
alone. A supplement of individual
information is therefore
recommended. Further studies to
chart the nurses´ appraisal of this
group of patients´ need for information
are recommended together
with further similar studies of
different groups of patients.