Quality of life of the nursing caregiver and its relationshipwith care

Revista Brasileira em Promoção da Saúde

关键词: Quality of Life;    Nursing Care;    Intensive Care Units;   

DOI  :  10.5020/18061230.2013.p36

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

Objective: To identify aspects that affect the quality of life of nursing caregivers and theirrelationship with care in an Intensive Care Unit for Adults (A-ICU). Methods: This wasa descriptive study with qualitative approach, taking as subjects 21 professionals who constitute the nursing staff of the A-ICU of a school hospital in Maringá-PR. Unstructuredinterview was used as a strategy to collect data, conducted between May and June 2009.Data analysis was based on the method of content analysis. The categories identified were: overlooking improvement in quality of life related to the resources in an A-ICU; the quality oflife influencing the form of care; interpersonal relationships into the health team reflecting on the quality of life and care. Results: The analysis of caregivers’ speech and the results of the observation showed that there is correlation between the aspects they consider influential intheir quality of life and the way of caring for patients in an A-ICU. Conclusion: The findingsindicate that, among the influential aspects, the stressful factors overlap the enhancing ones. From this perspective, dealing with caregiver’s suffering might be the starting point for theimprovement in quality of care in an A-ICU

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