Patients' experiences when afflicted by takotsubo syndrome – is it time for guidelines?
Background: Takotsubo syndrome (TTS) is an acute and reversible type of heart failure that shares common features with acute coronary syndrome. It is usually caused by psychological or physical stress, but for a third, triggers cannot be identified. Patients also suffer from residual symptoms and de...
| Publicado en: | Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences Vol. 35; no. 3; pp. 824 - 833 |
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Wiley-Blackwell
Sep2021
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ccm&AN=151957410&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: ccm uiTerm: 151957410 longDbName: CINAHL Complete uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: dissinfo: jinfo: jid: 02839318 BD4 jtl: Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences issn: 02839318 maglogo: Y pubinfo: dt: Sep2021 vid: 35 iid: 3 pid: 480 pub: Wiley-Blackwell place: Malden, Massachusetts artinfo: ui: 151957410 145826036 151957410 151957410 10.1111/scs.12897 151957410 ppf: 824 ppct: 9 formats: fmt: – @attributes: type: T – @attributes: type: P tig: atl: Patients' experiences when afflicted by takotsubo syndrome – is it time for guidelines? aug: au: Mäenpää, Sofia Ekstrand, Elin Petersson, Christina Nymark, Carolin affil: Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden sug: subj: Patient Attitudes Life Experiences Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy Patient Discharge Practice Guidelines Human Male Female Adult Middle Age Aged Aged, 80 and Over Exploratory Research Qualitative Studies Semi-Structured Interview Content Analysis Activities of Daily Living Descriptive Statistics Spouses Family Role Academic Medical Centers Sweden Socioeconomic Factors Emotions Adult: 19-44 years Middle Aged: 45-64 years Aged: 65+ years Aged, 80 & over Male Female ab: Background: Takotsubo syndrome (TTS) is an acute and reversible type of heart failure that shares common features with acute coronary syndrome. It is usually caused by psychological or physical stress, but for a third, triggers cannot be identified. Patients also suffer from residual symptoms and decreased mental health in the recovery phase and may struggle to comprehend and manage everyday living. Aim: To describe patients' experiences when afflicted by takotsubo syndrome, after discharge from hospital. Method: An inductive explorative design using a qualitative approach with semi‐structured individual interviews. The text was analysed using qualitative content analysis according to Graneheim and Lundman. Result: Ten women and one man afflicted by TTS were interviewed two to twelve months after discharge. Six sub‐categories were identified, and a main category emerged: The process from symptom onset and understanding to increased awareness and changes in life. The patients suffered from emotional reactions and they sought answers and understanding about the underlying causes. The disease led to changes in patients' daily lives as they were affected physically and psychologically. Spouses and/or bystanders had a positive supporting role, but the patients desired more support from the healthcare professionals such as an earlier appointment for follow‐up with a nurse. Conclusion: Being afflicted by TTS can lead to changes in life conditions but these changes vary among patients. Becoming ill was associated to acute physical stress and prolonged psychological stress and they suffered from emotional reactions. The follow‐up care needs to improve as the patients need more guidance from healthcare professionals and earlier appointment for follow‐up with a nurse. A structured and multiprofessional treatment with a person‐centred approach could support patients in their recovery. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: research tables/charts Journal Article ougenre: Article language: English refInfo: holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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