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'I Needed to Know, No Matter What I Do, I Won’t Make It Worse'—Expectations and Experiences of Last Aid Course Participants in Germany—A Qualitative Pilot Study

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العنوان: 'I Needed to Know, No Matter What I Do, I Won’t Make It Worse'—Expectations and Experiences of Last Aid Course Participants in Germany—A Qualitative Pilot Study
المؤلفون: Chantal Giehl, Nino Chikhradze, Georg Bollig, Horst Christian Vollmar, Ina Otte
المصدر: Healthcare, Vol 11, Iss 4, p 592 (2023)
بيانات النشر: MDPI AG, 2023.
سنة النشر: 2023
المجموعة: LCC:Medicine
مصطلحات موضوعية: Last Aid course, palliative care, caring relatives, qualitative research, interview, Germany, Medicine
الوصف: Background: The need to care for a loved one in a palliative state can lead to severe physical as well as psychological stress. In this context, Last Aid courses have been developed to support caring for relatives and to stimulate the public discussion on death and dying. The purpose of our pilot study is to gain an understanding of the attitudes, values, and difficulties of relatives caring for a terminally ill person. Methods: A qualitative approach was used in form of five semi-structured guided pilot interviews with lay persons who recently attended a Last Aid course. The transcripts of the interviews were analyzed following Kuckartz’s content analysis. Results: Overall, the interviewed participants have a positive attitude toward Last Aid courses. They perceive the courses as helpful as they provide knowledge, guidance, and recommendations of action for concrete palliative situations. Eight main topics emerged during analysis: expectations regarding the course, transfer of knowledge, reducing fear, the Last Aid course as a safe space, support from others, empowerment and strengthening of own skills, and the improvement needs of the course. Conclusions: In addition to the expectations before participation and the knowledge transfer during the course, the resulting implications for its application are also of great interest. The pilot interviews show initial indications that the impact, as well as supportive and challenging factors regarding the ability to care for relatives to cope, should be explored in further research.
نوع الوثيقة: article
وصف الملف: electronic resource
اللغة: English
تدمد: 2227-9032
العلاقة: https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9032/11/4/592Test; https://doaj.org/toc/2227-9032Test
DOI: 10.3390/healthcare11040592
الوصول الحر: https://doaj.org/article/cf4aec1ae1b64a1ea64b74447ff47ba3Test
رقم الانضمام: edsdoj.f4aec1ae1b64a1ea64b74447ff47ba3
قاعدة البيانات: Directory of Open Access Journals
الوصف
تدمد:22279032
DOI:10.3390/healthcare11040592