Patients' experience of important factors in the healthcare environment in oncology care.
| Autor: | Browall M; Division of Nursing, Department of Neurobiology, Care Sciences and Society, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden. maria.brovall@ki.se, Koinberg I, Falk H, Wijk H |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Zdroj: | International journal of qualitative studies on health and well-being [Int J Qual Stud Health Well-being] 2013 Aug 06; Vol. 8, pp. 20870. Date of Electronic Publication: 2013 Aug 06. |
| DOI: | 10.3402/qhw.v8i0.20870 |
| Abstrakt: | Background and Objective: The aim of this study was to describe what factors of the healthcare environment are perceived as being important to patients in oncology care. Design: A qualitative design was adopted using focus group interviews. Setting and Participants: The sample was 11 patients with different cancer diagnoses in an oncology ward at a university hospital in west Sweden. Results: Analysis of the patients' perceptions of the environment indicated a complex entity comprising several aspects. These came together in a structure consisting of three main categories: safety, partnership with the staff, and physical space. The care environment is perceived as a complex entity, made up of several physical and psychosocial aspects, where the physical factors are subordinated by the psychosocial factors. It is clearly demonstrated that the patients' primary desire was a psychosocial environment where they were seen as a unique person; the patients wanted opportunities for good encounters with staff, fellow patients, and family members, supported by a good physical environment; and the patients valued highly a place to withdraw and rest. Conclusions: This study presents those attributes that are valued by cancer patients as crucial and important for the support of their well-being and functioning. The results show that physical aspects were subordinate to psychosocial factors, which emerged strongly as being the most important in a caring environment. |
| Databáze: | MEDLINE |
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