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Asian Journal of Biomedical and Pharmaceutical Sciences | ISSN:2249-622X | Volume 9
Critical care patient’s perspective of stress
Alham Abuatiq
South Dakota University, USA
Background:
More than 5.7 million patients are admitted
annually to intensive care units (ICU) in the United States (US).
Critical care hospitalization may trigger stressful experiences.
Objectives:
To explore the patient’s perspective of stress
according to their medical diagnosis in intensive care units
(ICU) and describe their perspective on stress management
strategies.
Methods:
A descriptive correlational design. The sample
included 63 patients. The environmental stressors
questionnaire (esq) was used to measure the patient’s
stress.
Results:
Gastrointestinal (Gi) patients reported the highest
mean stress score in ICU (mean=87.91), followed by sepsis
cases (mean=85.67), then oncology patient's (mean=85),
diabetic ketoacidosis (mean= 84.67). Orthopedic cases
(mean=81.5), cardiac cases (mean=76.23), neurological
(mean= 71.4), and the minimum stress score was reported
by respiratory cases (mean=71). Gi patient’s recommended
informing them about the waiting time for any biopsy results
if any, limit npo status time frame, manage pain, nausea
and vomiting episodes more effectively. The remaining
sepsis, oncology, dka, orthopedic and cardiac patient’s
recommended decreasing cardiac alarm’s sound threshold,
decrease blood withdrawal for lab tests, and allow family
members to be at the bedside.
Conclusion:
The findings may be useful for guiding
interventions to provide holistic patient care that decrease
the patient’s stress according to their medical diagnosis
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Alham.abuatiq@sdstatae.eduAsian J Biomed Pharmaceut Sci, | ISSN: 2249-622X
Volume 9