Family Medicine & Medical Science Research
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Riitta Mikkola

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• Commentary
  Factors that Influence the Counselling of Family Members in Out-of-Hospital Emergency Medical Care
  Author(s): Mari Helena Salminen-Tuomaala, Päivi Leikkola, Riitta Mikkola and Eija Paavilainen Mari Helena Salminen-Tuomaala, Päivi Leikkola, Riitta Mikkola and Eija Paavilainen
  
  Background: Counselling family members of acutely ill patients has not been studied from the perspective of out-of-hospital emergency care. The purpose of this study was to fill the research gap by describing care providers’ experiences of factors that influence counselling and supporting family members in out-of-hospital emergency care. Methods: The data were collected by semi-structured interviews of emergency care providers (N=15) in Finland in 2014 and analysed using content analysis. Results: Factors that influence the counselling aimed at family members in out-of-hospital emergency care can depend on the patient, family member, emergency care provider or context. Patient-dependent factors involve the patient’s personality, severity of physical and psychological symptoms, criticality of the situation, the patient’s memory, responses, behaviour and cognitive abil.. View More»
  DOI: 10.4172/2327-4972.1000188

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