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Relationships Of Stress, Anxiety, And Related Factors With The Comfort Of Caregivers Of Patients With Brain Tumor In The Preoperative Phase, Chotika Kiattiweerasak, Sirirat Leelacharas, Suporn Wongvatunyu
Relationships Of Stress, Anxiety, And Related Factors With The Comfort Of Caregivers Of Patients With Brain Tumor In The Preoperative Phase, Chotika Kiattiweerasak, Sirirat Leelacharas, Suporn Wongvatunyu
Chulalongkorn Medical Journal
Background: Brain tumors is a disease that seriously threatens life. It directly impacts patients with brain tumors and caregivers. Previous literature examined the relationship between stress and anxiety in caregivers of patients with a brain tumor. However, to date, the relationships of stress, anxiety, and related factors with comfort for caregivers of patients with brain tumors in the preoperative phase, using a framework derived from the Commonsense Model of Illness Representation, had not yet been examined. Objective: This study aimed to examine the relationships of stress, anxiety, and related factors with comfort of caregivers for patients with a brain tumor …
Effect Of An Information And Communication Technology Program On The Anxiety Of Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Patients’ Caregivers In Intensive Care Unit, Jirakit Duangjuk, Usavadee Asdornwised, Kessiri Wongkongkam, Teerapong Tocharoenchok
Effect Of An Information And Communication Technology Program On The Anxiety Of Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Patients’ Caregivers In Intensive Care Unit, Jirakit Duangjuk, Usavadee Asdornwised, Kessiri Wongkongkam, Teerapong Tocharoenchok
Chulalongkorn Medical Journal
Background: The caregivers of coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) patients are typically very anxious while the patients are treated in the intensive care unit (ICU). Objective: To study the effects of an information and communication technology program on the anxiety level of CABG patients’caregivers during patients’ admission to the ICU. Methods: This is a quasi-experimental research. The sample group is caregivers of CABG patients. Thirty-four caregivers in the control group that received only routine nursing care while 34 caregivers in the experimental group received the information and communication technology program and routine nursing care. Data were collected using the Thai …