KMID : 1004620070130030123
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Clinical Nursing Research 2007 Volume.13 No. 3 p.123 ~ p.134
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Stress, Social Supports, and Coping among the Family Members of the Patients in ICU
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Kim Eun-Sung
Yoo Ji-Soo Kim Kyung-Ae Park Young-Woo Kim Jung-Yeon Lee Eun-Sook Yun Hye-Young Lee Hyun-Sim Kwak Hye-Kyoung Yun Cha-Young Joo Yu-Lan Choi Jin-Young
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Abstract
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Purpose: This study was aimed to investigate stress, social supports, stress coping, and the relationships between the factors among the family member of the patients in ICU.
Method: The subject of this study was 100 family members who were primary caregivers of the patients in medical, surgical, and neurosurgical ICU in a general hospital in Seoul. The data was collected between May 3, and August 20, 2007 using a structured questionnaire.
Results: The mean score of the family stress was 4.29 out of 5. There was a significant difference on the stress level depending on having or not surgical operation (p=.021). The mean score of the family¡¯s coping was 3.05. The family¡¯s social support was significantly correlated to income (p=.0001), health (p=.002), and care giver¡¯s degree of education. This study revealed that there was a significant positive correlation between family¡¯s stress and coping (p=.000) and between coping and social support (p=.000).
Conclusion: The stress level of the ICU patients¡¯ family was assessed high. So nursing intervention needs to be developed for reducing their stress, improving their coping, making the best use of the social support.
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KEYWORD
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Critical care, Family, Stress, Social support, Coping skills
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