Living the situation stress-experiences among intensive care patients

The study is about the types of stress that patients in intensive care units experience. Ten reviewed articles selected from Cinahl and Pubmed between 1994 and 2003 constitute the data. The paper is a literature review, and the data is analysed from the phenomenological–hermeneutical point of view....

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Published in:Intensive & critical care nursing 2007-06, Vol.23 (3), p.124-131
Main Authors: Fredriksen, Sven-Tore D., Ringsberg, Karin C.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adaptation, Psychological
Adult
Attitude to Health
Children & youth
Communication
Critical Care - ethics
Critical Care - organization & administration
Critical Care - psychology
Emotions
Experience
Family - psychology
Health Facility Environment
Hermeneutic
Hermeneutic
Intensive care nursing
Phenomenology
Stress
Experience
Humans
Inpatients - psychology
Intensive care
Intensive care nursing
Internal-External Control
Interpersonal relationships
Medical and Health Sciences
Medicin och hälsovetenskap
Nurse-Patient Relations
Nurses
Nursing
Nursing Methodology Research - organization & administration
Nursing Staff, Hospital - psychology
Patients
Patients' Rooms
Personal experiences
Phenomenology
Professional ethics
Professionals
Research Design
Risk Factors
Sleep
Social Support
Stress
Stress, Psychological - etiology
Stress, Psychological - prevention & control
Stress, Psychological - psychology
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Summary:The study is about the types of stress that patients in intensive care units experience. Ten reviewed articles selected from Cinahl and Pubmed between 1994 and 2003 constitute the data. The paper is a literature review, and the data is analysed from the phenomenological–hermeneutical point of view. Stress related to the body, room and relationships is discussed. Experiences of stress that are related to the body include bodily stress reactions, deprivation of control, emotions related to technical equipment, procedures and loss of meaning. Stress related to the room highlights the environment and the situation in which the patient finds him/herself. The ethical relations of professionals and separation of patients from their significant others constitute stress related to relationships.
ISSN:0964-3397
1532-4036
DOI:10.1016/j.iccn.2006.09.002