La Source School of Nursing, HES-SO University of Applied Sciences and Arts Western Switzerland, Lausanne, Switzerland
La Source School of Nursing, HES-SO University of Applied Sciences and Arts Western Switzerland, Lausanne, Switzerland.
BMJ Open. 2022 Mar 24;12(3):e059262. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2021-059262.
The COVID-19 pandemic hit older adults particularly hard, especially those living in nursing homes. The present study's primary aim is to quantify the states of physical and mental health of nursing home residents and their relatives following the implementation of the exceptional confinement measures. The secondary aim is to explore the lived experiences of the stressors perceived by older adults and their relatives, as well as the support strategies implemented by health professionals and their results.
We chose a mixed-methods (quantitative/qualitative) study to best deliver a profound understanding of this phenomenon.Quantitative phase: participants are asked to complete several questionnaires. The study population includes all the nursing home residents in four French-speaking cantons of Switzerland (and their relatives) who are living through the COVID-19 pandemic. Descriptive statistics will be calculated for the scores of the General Health Questionnaire-12, Impact of Event Scale-6, Perceived Stress Scale, Brief Cope, Post-traumatic Growth Inventory, World Health Organization Quality of Life- (WHOQOL-BREF) and WHOQOL-OLD scales. Correlational analyses will be considered.Qualitative phase: data are collected from several sources (individual semi-structured interviews, focus groups, field notes). Interviews are planned with about 12 representatives of each group of participants (residents and relatives). Two focus groups made up of healthcare professionals will be constituted to explore the lived experiences of the stressors perceived by residents and relatives, the coping strategies those two groups implemented to deal with them. The interviews and focus groups will be subjected to a thematic contents analysis.Integrating the quantitative and qualitative data will take place jointly with data interpretation.
This project was approved by the Human Research Ethics Committee of the Canton of Vaud on 14 December 2020 (project ID: 2020-02397). The prior written informed consent of the study subjects is collected by a member of the research team before data collection. Study results will be disseminated via professional and peer-reviewed publications.
ISRCTN12345167.
COVID-19 疫情对老年人的打击尤其严重，尤其是那些住在养老院的老年人。本研究的主要目的是量化实施特殊禁闭措施后养老院居民及其亲属的身心健康状况。次要目的是探索老年人及其亲属所感知的压力源的生活体验，以及卫生专业人员实施的支持策略及其结果。
我们选择了混合方法（定量/定性）研究，以最好地深入了解这一现象。定量阶段：要求参与者完成几个问卷。研究人群包括瑞士四个法语州的所有养老院居民（及其亲属），他们正在经历 COVID-19 大流行。将计算一般健康问卷-12、事件影响量表-6、感知压力量表、简要应对量表、创伤后成长量表、世界卫生组织生活质量量表（WHOQOL-BREF）和 WHOQOL-OLD 量表的分数的描述性统计数据。将考虑相关分析。定性阶段：从多个来源（个人半结构化访谈、焦点小组、实地笔记）收集数据。计划对每个参与者组（居民和亲属）的约 12 名代表进行访谈。将组成两个由卫生保健专业人员组成的焦点小组，以探讨居民和亲属所感知的压力源的生活体验，以及这两个群体为应对这些压力源而实施的应对策略。访谈和焦点小组将进行主题内容分析。定量和定性数据的整合将与数据解释同时进行。
该项目于 2020 年 12 月 14 日获得沃州人类研究伦理委员会的批准（项目 ID：2020-02397）。在收集数据之前，由研究团队的一名成员收集研究对象的事先书面知情同意书。研究结果将通过专业和同行评审的出版物传播。
ISRCTN12345167。
