Biomedical subjects

E Vellone

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[The psychodynamic nursing theory by Hildegard E. Peplau].

Peplau's theory is one of the early Nursing theories, published in 1952. The nurse-patient relationship consists of four steps (orientation, identification, development and conclusion). In these steps nurse could have the role of foreign, reliable person, teacher, guide in nursing care, substitute and consultant. Nurse-patient relationship is influenced by psychobiological experiences (needs, frustrations, conflicts and anxiety) which need dynamism. Peplau thinks that Nursing care is an important opportunity for nurse because she can help patient to complete the infancy psychological tasks (learning to rely on other people, learning to show satisfaction, self-identifying, and developing ability in sharing) if these are not completed. For these reasons Nursing, by Peplau, is a maturation strength of civilization.

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[Instruments for quantitative methods of nursing research].

Instruments for quantitative nursing research are a mean to objectify and measure a variable or a phenomenon in the scientific research. There are direct instruments to measure concrete variables and indirect instruments to measure abstract concepts (Burns, Grove, 1997). Indirect instruments measure the attributes by which a concept is made of. Furthermore, there are instruments for physiologic variables (e.g. for the weight), observational instruments (Check-lists e Rating Scales), interviews, questionnaires, diaries and the scales (Check-lists, Rating Scales, Likert Scales, Semantic Differential Scales e Visual Anologue Scales). The choice to select an instrument or another one depends on the research question and design. Instruments research are very useful in research both to describe the variables and to see statistical significant relationships. Very carefully should be their use in the clinical practice for diagnostic assessment.

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[Family dynamics: sleep quality of women caregivers of family members with Alzheimer disease].

This replication study/Riccio 1996) sets out to explore the Quality of sleep of 34 women primary caregivers of Alzheimer's Disease patients at home. A descriptive, correlational and longitudinal design has been used. Key aspects considered were the quality of nocturnal sleep, the daytime sleepiness, the hours of caring, the educational level, the employment, the time for personal needs and the levels of depression and anxiety. After an initial interview, the caregivers were asked to fill in several instruments to measure the variables taken into consideration. The caregivers presented poor quality in their sleep. Quality of nocturnal sleep was negatively affected by more hours of caring (p < 0.02), high depression and anxiety levels (p < 0.05 and 0.007 respectively). The education level, the employment outside home and the amount of time spent for themselves, positively affected the quality of sleep (p < 0.01, 0.04, 0.05 respectively). This research pointed out that hours of caring, directly and indirectly, cause sleep problem to Alzheimer's Disease caregivers enhancing nursing care implications.

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[Stress, anxiety, and depression among caregivers of patients with Alzheimer's disease].

The aim of this study was to evaluate the levels of stress, anxiety and depression in women caregivers of Alzheimer's disease patients. A convenience sample of 37 women caregivers living with the patients was studied using a descriptive-correlational design. A sociodemographic questionnaire with scales measuring the variables taken into consideration were utilized. Caregivers were 60 years old, devoted to the patients 17 hours of caring per day and had only 1 hour for their personal needs. The 54, 21 and 29% of the sample had high levels respectively at the stress, anxiety and depression scale. Stress, anxiety and depression were positively correlated with caring hours, sleep problems in caregivers and behavioural disturbances of the patients; and were negatively correlated with free time and time spent out of the home. Implications for nursing care resulting from this study consists in giving more support to caregivers in order to avoid their excessive involvement in caring and in guaranteeing educational interventions to help caregivers to manage the behavioural disturbances of the patients.

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[The lived experience of family member caring for a person affected by Alzheimer's disease: preliminary results].

The aim of this article is to report the preliminary results from a phenomenological study on the lived experience of Alzheimer's caregivers. Eight caregivers involved in caring for two years at list were interviewed. The analysis of interviews by Giorgi's method showed a multidimensional reality synthesizable in eight spheres of themes: Illness, Patient, Caring, Caregiver's Life and Health, Coping, Spouse/Family, Others, Feelings. Illness has a great impact on the caregivers' life and causes the loss of the affected person even before his/her death. Caring is very hard and emotionally involving. Caregivers mainly complain the lack of support from the National Health System. The continuous involvement in caring produces also health problems, depression, and negative effects within the family. Others are considered as bad. The most common feelings are fear for possible accidents to the patients and remorses. Some caregivers have good coping style putting their faith in God, valuing the closeness of the family and living daily. The utility of the eight spheres of themes are discussed in order to guide the practice toward the caregivers.

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[Phenomenology and phenomenological method: their usefulness for nursing knowledge and practice].

Phenomenology is a thought movement the main aim of which is to study human fenomena as they are experienced and lived. Key concepts of phenomenology are: the study of lived experience and subjectivity of human beings, the intentionality of consciousness, perception and interpretation. Phenomenological research method has nine steps: definition of the research topic; superficial literature searching; sample selection; gathering of lived experiences; analysis of lived experiences; written synthesis of lived experiences; validation of written synthesis; deep literature searching; writing of the scientific document. Phenomenology and phenomenological method are useful for nursing either to develop knowledge or to guide practice. Qualitative-phenomenological and quantitative-positivistic research are complementary: the first one guides clinicians towards a person-centered approach, the second one allows the manipulation of phenomena which can damage health, worsen illness or decrease the quality of life of people who rely on nursing care.

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