Dartey Anita Fafa, Phuma-Ngaiyaye Ellemes
School of Nursing and Midwifery, University of Health and Allied Sciences, Ho, PMB 31, Volta Region, Ghana.
Department of Nursing & Midwifery, Mzuzu University, Malawi.
J Pregnancy. 2020 Apr 1;2020:2606798. doi: 10.1155/2020/2606798. eCollection 2020.
Grief does not only affect human emotions but also impacts their physical health. Understanding physical grief of people can bring to bear the grip of its daunting nature, a situation where routines become challenging. A qualitative explorative descriptive research method was used. A purposive sample of 18 ward supervisors and 39 ward midwives was used to ascertain the physical effects of maternal deaths on these caregivers in the Ashanti Region of Ghana. Data were collected through semistructured and focus group discussions. Data analysis was done parallel with data collection till saturation was reached. Ethics was obtained from the University of the Western Cape, South Africa, and Ghana Health Service. The findings indicated that generally, as a result of grieving over the deaths of their patients, midwives experienced physical health sufferings. Therefore, reported depression is expressed as insomnia, appetite loss, exhaustion, and social isolation. There is the need to reduce the physical effects of patients' death on caregivers in Ghana and therefore, the study recommends that all hospitals in Ghana utilize employee assistance programmes, a workplace intervention programme designed for such purposes.
悲伤不仅会影响人的情绪，还会对其身体健康产生影响。了解人们身体上的悲伤情绪，可以让人们感受到这种情绪令人畏惧的本质，即日常事务变得具有挑战性的情况。本研究采用了定性探索性描述性研究方法。选取了18名病房主管和39名病房助产士作为有目的的样本，以确定加纳阿散蒂地区孕产妇死亡对这些护理人员的身体影响。通过半结构化访谈和焦点小组讨论收集数据。数据分析与数据收集同步进行，直至达到饱和状态。研究获得了南非西开普大学和加纳卫生服务局的伦理批准。研究结果表明，总体而言，由于对患者死亡感到悲痛，助产士经历了身体健康问题。因此，报告的抑郁症表现为失眠、食欲不振、疲惫和社交隔离。有必要减轻加纳患者死亡对护理人员的身体影响，因此，该研究建议加纳所有医院利用员工援助计划，这是一项为此目的而设计的职场干预计划。
