Patient involvement in Greenland hospital-care: A qualitative study of the patient perspective
This article deals with drivers for and barriers to patient involvement in Greenland hospital-care, from the patients’ perspective. Data were generated in 2019, via semi-structured research interviews and field observations. At the National Hospital in Nuuk, participants were purposively included to...
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ftpubmed:oai:pubmedcentral.nih.gov:8409931 2023-05-15T15:55:23+02:00 Patient involvement in Greenland hospital-care: A qualitative study of the patient perspective Seibæk, Lene 2021-08-28 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8409931/ http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34455936 https://doi.org/10.1080/22423982.2021.1971377 en eng Taylor & Francis http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8409931/ http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34455936 http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/22423982.2021.1971377 © 2021 The Author(s). Published by Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) ), which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. CC-BY-NC Int J Circumpolar Health Original Research Article Text 2021 ftpubmed https://doi.org/10.1080/22423982.2021.1971377 2021-09-05T01:13:56Z This article deals with drivers for and barriers to patient involvement in Greenland hospital-care, from the patients’ perspective. Data were generated in 2019, via semi-structured research interviews and field observations. At the National Hospital in Nuuk, participants were purposively included to ensure variation regarding diagnosis, age, sex, socio-demographics, and place of residence. A number of 11 patients participated in individual interviews. Concurrently, observations of bed-side care situations and interactions between health professionals and patients were conducted, and informal conversations were held with eight patients. Findings were analysed using Malterud’s systematic text condensation, and constituted the following themes: “Patient characteristics”; “Interaction with staff members”; and “Personal experiences and prerequisites for information and care”. One of the main findings was that personal expectations, confidence in the quality of hospital-care, language skills, conditions around family support, and taboos concerning not being able to take care of oneself, impacted patients’ opportunities for involvement. It is concluded that patient involvement cannot be accomplished by simply focusing on patients’ health competencies. To ensure that hospital-care is provided in partnership with patients and families, it is equally important that health professionals develop new skills, and that the healthcare system is re-organised towards a more patient- oriented approach. Text Circumpolar Health Greenland Nuuk PubMed Central (PMC) Greenland Nuuk ENVELOPE(-52.150,-52.150,68.717,68.717) International Journal of Circumpolar Health 80 1 |
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This article deals with drivers for and barriers to patient involvement in Greenland hospital-care, from the patients’ perspective. Data were generated in 2019, via semi-structured research interviews and field observations. At the National Hospital in Nuuk, participants were purposively included to ensure variation regarding diagnosis, age, sex, socio-demographics, and place of residence. A number of 11 patients participated in individual interviews. Concurrently, observations of bed-side care situations and interactions between health professionals and patients were conducted, and informal conversations were held with eight patients. Findings were analysed using Malterud’s systematic text condensation, and constituted the following themes: “Patient characteristics”; “Interaction with staff members”; and “Personal experiences and prerequisites for information and care”. One of the main findings was that personal expectations, confidence in the quality of hospital-care, language skills, conditions around family support, and taboos concerning not being able to take care of oneself, impacted patients’ opportunities for involvement. It is concluded that patient involvement cannot be accomplished by simply focusing on patients’ health competencies. To ensure that hospital-care is provided in partnership with patients and families, it is equally important that health professionals develop new skills, and that the healthcare system is re-organised towards a more patient- oriented approach. |
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