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중환자실 환자의 불안 정도와 불안에 영향하는 요인 분석
Patients’ Anxiety in Intensive Care Units and Its Related Factors

Journal of Korean Academy of Nursing 2007년 37권 4호 p.586 ~ 593

KMID : 0806120070370040586

고진강 ( Koh Chin-Kang ) - University of Washington School of Nursing

Abstract

Purpose:The purpose of this study was to describe patients’’ anxiety in the ICU and to investigate related factors on the anxiety level.

Methods:An exploratory cross-sectional survey design was used. Forty-eight patients participated in the study. Questionnaires were asked to patients who had been cared in the ICUs.

Results:Related to the anxiety level, the mean of the total anxiety score was 5.47, and 60% of the patients had moderate or severe level of anxiety. Patients from the coronary care unit had a significantly higher level of anxiety than those from surgical intensive care unit or pulmonary surgery care unit. Moreover, significantly different levels of anxiety were found among patients who had been stayed for 2, 3, or 4 days.

Conclusions:Patients who were from the coronary care unit or had been stayed longer (up to 4 days) in the ICU were significantly associated with higher anxiety level.

KeyWords

불안, 중환자, 중환자 간호
Anxiety, Intensive care units, Critical illness

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