Recollections expressed by mechanically ventilated patients of Intensive Care Unit (ICU), Hospital Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (HUKM)
Ventilated patients who require intensive care unit (ICU) treatment may encounter unpleasant experiences. These experiences may include factual incidents and delusional memories of ICU such as dreams, hallucinations and frightening experiences. A cross sectional study using “Intensive Care Experie...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Penerbit UKM
2008
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| Online Access: | http://journalarticle.ukm.my/2011/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/2011/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/2011/1/Page_46_-_53.pdf |
| Summary: | Ventilated patients who require intensive care unit (ICU) treatment may encounter
unpleasant experiences. These experiences may include factual incidents and delusional memories of ICU such as dreams, hallucinations and frightening experiences. A cross
sectional study using “Intensive Care Experience Questionnaire” consisted of four
domains: awareness of surrounding, frightening experiences, recall of experience and
satisfaction with nursing care. Forty five participants who fulfilled the inclusion criteria were
recruited in this study. This study was conducted in ICU of HUKM from January to March
2006. Results showed that 20 respondents (44%) were aware of their surrounding and 31
respondents (69%) reported frightening experiences. Majority of respondents (43
respondents, 96%) reported satisfaction with the delivery of nursing care. There was
positive correlation between awareness of surrounding and their abilities to recall their
experiences (p<0.05). Patients’ awareness of surrounding achieved the strongest
statistical significance as a contribution to the prediction of their abilities to recall their
experiences with beta coefficient value of 0.353 and p<0.05. The finding of this study
permits nurses to see the problems of mechanically ventilated patients through reports of
unpleasant recollections by the patients themselves. Patients reported frustrations in their
attempts to make their needs known. Although they are on sedation, they are aware of all
unpleasant events occurring in the ICU |
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