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Perception of situational stress associated with hospitalization among selected Nigerian patients
Author(s) -
MSC Boluwaji Reuben Fajemilehin RN BNSC,
PhD Adebisi Omorilewa Fabayo RN
Publication year - 1991
Publication title -
journal of advanced nursing
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.948
H-Index - 155
eISSN - 1365-2648
pISSN - 0309-2402
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2648.1991.tb03437.x
Subject(s) - situational ethics , perception , descriptive statistics , isolation (microbiology) , medicine , nursing , validity , scale (ratio) , health care , rating scale , perceived stress scale , reliability (semiconductor) , family medicine , psychology , stress (linguistics) , clinical psychology , psychometrics , social psychology , philosophy , mathematics , economic growth , linguistics , biology , developmental psychology , power (physics) , quantum mechanics , statistics , physics , neuroscience , microbiology and biotechnology , economics
The study identified those hospital experiences perceived as stressful during hospitalization by patients, which will help clinical nurses to modify the nursing care provided. A Hospital Stress Rating Scale questionnaire of 40 items tested for reliability and validity was used to elicit responses from 100 patients from the medical and surgical wards of the selected health care institutions. Data collected were analysed using descriptive statistics. The study reveals that the most frequently perceived stressful hospital experiences for all the respondents were those related to social isolation, economy, inconveniences of the physical environment and unconcerned attitudes of hospital personnel.