Li Serena P, Chan Carmen W H, Lee Diana T F
A & E Department, United Christian Hospital, Hong Kong, China.
J Adv Nurs. 2002 Oct;40(2):170-80. doi: 10.1046/j.1365-2648.2002.02359.x.
The sudden death of a family member is always traumatic to the family. Nursing actions such as providing comfort measures and providing an opportunity to view the deceased were consistently perceived as helpful by the suddenly bereaved. Little is known about the perception of bereaved family members in Hong Kong concerning the care they received in accident and emergency (A & E) departments. This study serves to identify actions, which were perceived as helpful in A & E setting in Hong Kong.
To gain knowledge about what nursing actions bereaved family members in Hong Kong perceived as helpful.
This study was exploratory and descriptive in nature, and used a quantitative approach. Data were collected through structured telephone interviews using a modified Tye's questionnaire.
Seventy-six bereaved subjects were recruited in an A & E department in Hong Kong. The subjects perceived written information, opportunity to view the deceased, and respecting individual customs and religious procedures as most helpful and conversely, offering sedation, discouraging viewing of the body, and providing comfort measures as most unhelpful. No statistically significant differences among the overall mean of helpful nursing actions according to the subjects' age, gender, education level, family income and religions were found while using Mann-Whitney's U and Kruskal-Wallis' tests. Significant correlations between some actions and the respondents' age, family income and educational level were found.
Accident and emergency nurses have unique role in offering helpful actions to support suddenly bereaved family members.
家庭成员的突然离世对其家人来说总是极具创伤性的。诸如提供安慰措施以及给予瞻仰逝者的机会等护理行为，一直被突然失去亲人的家属视为有帮助的。对于香港失去亲人的家属对他们在急症室所接受护理的看法，我们知之甚少。本研究旨在确定在香港急症室环境中被认为有帮助的行为。
了解香港失去亲人的家属认为哪些护理行为是有帮助的。
本研究本质上是探索性和描述性的，并采用了定量方法。通过使用经过修改的泰伊问卷进行结构化电话访谈来收集数据。
在香港的一个急症室招募了76名失去亲人的受试者。受试者认为书面信息、瞻仰逝者的机会以及尊重个人习俗和宗教仪式最有帮助，相反，提供镇静剂、不鼓励瞻仰遗体以及提供安慰措施最没有帮助。在使用曼-惠特尼U检验和克鲁斯卡尔-沃利斯检验时，根据受试者的年龄、性别、教育水平、家庭收入和宗教信仰，在有帮助的护理行为的总体平均值之间未发现统计学上的显著差异。发现一些行为与受访者的年龄、家庭收入和教育水平之间存在显著相关性。
急症室护士在提供有帮助的行为以支持突然失去亲人的家属方面具有独特作用。
