ICU患者家属焦虑状况调查

Survey on anxiety of the family members of ICU patients

目的对ICU患者家属的焦虑状况进行调查,以了解ICU患者家属的心理焦虑水平,提高ICU护理人员对加强患者家属心理支持的认识,为ICU护理人员对患者家属这个特殊群体进行心理支持提供一定的理论依据。方法本研究为描述性研究,应用Zung(1971)编制的焦虑自评量表(SAS)和自制问卷,采用便利抽样方法对70例患者家属进行问卷调查。结果在所调查的70例患者家属中,有焦虑情绪者70例,达到100%。其中男性26例,女性44例。结果显示,性别、自己负担医药费用金额承受能力不同的患者家属之间焦虑程度有差异性,而不同年龄段的患者家属之间焦虑水平无显著差异。结论重症患者家属在亲人入住ICU后,普遍存在较重的焦虑情绪,从事ICU工作的医护人员在临床护理患者的同时,必须兼顾ICU患者家属,为他们提供必要的心理帮助,增强他们的信心,加强重症患者的家庭支持能力,体现以人为本、全面护理的理念。

Objective To investigate the anxiety of the family members of ICU patients in our hospital with the aims of knowing the psychological anxiety level of the family members of ICU patients and of enhancing nurses＇ perception for strengthening the psychology support to the patients＇ family members, and to provide certain theory basis for the ICU nursing staffs to support the family members of the patients. Methods This was a descriptive research. The family members of 70 cases were surveyed with the SAS edited by Zung （1971） and a self-made questionnaire using the convenient sampling method. Results 70 family members were in anxiety among which there were 26 male and 44 female members, accounting for 100%. The result demonstrated that anxiety levels of the family members with different sex and financial capacity were different. But there was no remarkable difference between the anxiety levels of family members with disparity in age section. Conclusions Generally after the ICU admission of patients, the family members have great anxiety. Nurses should pay attention to the family members, provide necessary psychological help for them, increase their confidence, strengthen their support ability, thus manifesting an idea of humanist and comprehensive nursing.