Academic Journal

Waiting for surgery from the patient perspective

التفاصيل البيبلوغرافية
العنوان: Waiting for surgery from the patient perspective
المؤلفون: Tracey Carr, Ulrich Teucher, Jackie Mann, Alan G Casson
المصدر: Psychology Research and Behavior Management, Vol 2009, Iss default, Pp 107-119 (2009)
بيانات النشر: Dove Medical Press, 2009.
سنة النشر: 2009
المجموعة: LCC:Psychology
LCC:Industrial psychology
مصطلحات موضوعية: Psychology, BF1-990, Industrial psychology, HF5548.7-5548.85
الوصف: Tracey Carr1, Ulrich Teucher2, Jackie Mann4, Alan G Casson31Health Sciences, 2Department of Psychology, 3Department of Surgery, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada; 4Acute Care, Saskatoon Health Region, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, CanadaAbstract: The aim of this study was to perform a systematic review of the impact of waiting for elective surgery from the patient perspective, with a focus on maximum tolerance, quality of life, and the nature of the waiting experience. Searches were conducted using Medline, PubMed, CINAHL, EMBASE, and HealthSTAR. Twenty-seven original research articles were identified which included each of these three themes. The current literature suggested that first, patients tend to state longer wait times as unacceptable when they experienced severe symptoms or functional impairment. Second, the relationship between length of wait and health-related quality of life depended on the nature and severity of proposed surgical intervention at the time of booking. Third, the waiting experience was consistently described as stressful and anxiety provoking. While many patients expressed anger and frustration at communication within the system, the experience of waiting was not uniformly negative. Some patients experienced waiting as an opportunity to live full lives despite pain and disability. The relatively unexamined relationship between waiting, illness and patient experience of time represents an area for future research.Keywords: wait time, scheduled surgery, patient perspective, literature review
نوع الوثيقة: article
وصف الملف: electronic resource
اللغة: English
تدمد: 1179-1578
Relation: http://www.dovepress.com/waiting-for-surgery-from-the-patient-perspective-a3625; https://doaj.org/toc/1179-1578
URL الوصول: https://doaj.org/article/c1fefd6ee86540df99b3f39819d091e2
رقم الانضمام: edsdoj.1fefd6ee86540df99b3f39819d091e2
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