How do patients experience stress caused by hospitalisation and how do nurses perceive this stress experienced by patients? A comparative study
Journal
ICU Nursing Web Journal
Date Issued
2001
Abstract
It has been acknowledged that, in general, stress caused by hospitalisation and hospital care
may hinder patient recovery and in some cases it may cause potentially life-threatening
psychological changes. Hospitalisation and subsequent treatment and medical care
constitute a period of anxiety for the patients and a severe anxiety-causing situation. This
fact has been confirmed by a large number of researches studying many different kinds of
hospital care.1 Many factors were reported to contribute to this anxiety, including those
relating to an illness such as pain, anxiety or improvement and recovery, and factors
relating to hospital stay such as sleeping in a strange bed or sharing a hospital room with
others.
may hinder patient recovery and in some cases it may cause potentially life-threatening
psychological changes. Hospitalisation and subsequent treatment and medical care
constitute a period of anxiety for the patients and a severe anxiety-causing situation. This
fact has been confirmed by a large number of researches studying many different kinds of
hospital care.1 Many factors were reported to contribute to this anxiety, including those
relating to an illness such as pain, anxiety or improvement and recovery, and factors
relating to hospital stay such as sleeping in a strange bed or sharing a hospital room with
others.