How Anesthesiologists and Nurse Anesthetists Assess and Handle Patients' Perioperative Worries Without a Validated Instrument.
J Perianesth Nurs
; 34(4): 810-819, 2019 Aug.
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PURPOSE: To study how nurse anesthetists and anesthesiologists assess and handle patients' perioperative anxiety without using a validated instrument. DESIGN: Qualitative study. METHODS: Individual in-depth face-to-face interviews were conducted with nurse anesthetists (n = 9) and anesthesiologists (n = 5) from a university hospital in Sweden. Data were analyzed with thematic analysis according to Braun and Clark. FINDINGS: Two themes were identified: (1) I ask about anxiety, look for visual signs, and observe communication and (2) I handle patients' anxieties individually. In addition to subthemes describing assessment and handling of adults, it appeared that parents played an important role in children's perioperative anxiety. CONCLUSIONS: When not using a validated instrument, assessing perioperative anxiety is commonly based on the anesthesiologist's and nurse anesthetist's experience, knowledge, views, and attitudes. The evaluator's capability of using different strategies in the assessment and handling of perioperative anxiety is important.
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Colección:
01-internacional
Base de datos:
MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Ansiedad
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Atención Perioperativa
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Anestesiólogos
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Enfermeras Anestesistas
Tipo de estudio:
Prognostic_studies
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Qualitative_research
Límite:
Adult
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Child
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Female
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Humans
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Male
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Middle aged
País/Región como asunto:
Europa
Idioma:
En
Revista:
J Perianesth Nurs
Asunto de la revista:
ANESTESIOLOGIA
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ENFERMAGEM
Año:
2019
Tipo del documento:
Article
Pais de publicación:
Estados Unidos