How Family Members Experienced a Family-Focused Atrial Fibrillation Intervention in an Outpatient Setting-A Qualitative Study.
Stine RosenstrømWan Xui ChouAnne BrødsgaardPublished in: SAGE open nursing (2022)
A family-focused nursing intervention facilitated by specialized nurses with extensive communication skills filled a knowledge gap related to AF thereby reducing panic and increasing peace among FMs. Furthermore, the intervention facilitated family awareness of their resources to bring about change, regain balance, and enhance well-being in their everyday lives and initiated a healing process in the families. Future interventions for patients with AF should consider FMs as well as patients as an entity of care.
Keyphrases
- atrial fibrillation
- healthcare
- randomized controlled trial
- tyrosine kinase
- end stage renal disease
- palliative care
- mental health
- ejection fraction
- newly diagnosed
- chronic kidney disease
- quality improvement
- heart failure
- physical activity
- prognostic factors
- peritoneal dialysis
- left atrial
- direct oral anticoagulants
- bariatric surgery
- percutaneous coronary intervention
- gastric bypass
- patient reported