Delva Dirk, Vanoost Sabine, Bijttebier Patricia, Lauwers Peter, Wilmer Alexander
Department of Social Work, University Hospitals Leuven, Belgium.
Soc Work Health Care. 2002;35(4):21-40. doi: 10.1300/J010v35n04_02.
This study explores the needs and anxiety levels of relatives faced with the stress of a family member's critical care hospitalization in relation to the relatives' age, gender, educational level and type of kinship with the patient and in relationship to the characteristics of the admission and the condition of the patient.
Participants were 200 relatives of 120 different critical care patients. Family needs were measured by means of the Critical Care Family Needs Inventory. Anxiety was measured by means of the State version of the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory.
Relatives' needs and anxiety levels are found to be significantly related to demographic variables and type of kinship with the patient. The implications for clinical practice are discussed.
本研究探讨了面临家庭成员重症监护住院压力的亲属的需求和焦虑水平,这些需求和焦虑水平与亲属的年龄、性别、教育程度、与患者的亲属关系类型有关,也与入院特征和患者病情有关。
参与者为120名不同重症监护患者的200名亲属。通过重症监护家庭需求量表来测量家庭需求。通过状态-特质焦虑量表的状态版本来测量焦虑。
发现亲属的需求和焦虑水平与人口统计学变量及与患者的亲属关系类型显著相关。讨论了其对临床实践的意义。