Anorexia nervosa patient´s experiences about nursing interventions: a literature review
Kauppinen, Ansa; Puhakka, Nina (2020)
2020
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Anorexia nervosa is a mental illness which can occur despite age, gender or ethnicity. It can be characterized by restricting one´s energy intake and food types which may cause weight loss, intense fear of gaining weight and the distorted way one sees their weight or body image. Anorexia nervosa can be caused by an underlining issue and anorexia can be a side-effect of something else, and not the main illness itself. It would be beneficial for healthcare professionals to have deeper understanding on what kind of treatment is perceived as good from the patient´s viewpoint.
The aim of the study was to gain understanding on how anorexia nervosa patient´s experience nursing interventions. The purpose was to give new information to health-care professionals and student about how patients might feel about the interventions. The study was conducted as a literature review. The articles that were used were gathered by two individual researches from CINAHL and PubMed.
The results of the study suggest that treatments that focus on the physical aspects of the illness was not the ideal approach. Being overly focused on weight did not further the recovery and the results were not long term. When patient´s felt that the nursing staff were seeing them as individuals and found the balance between theory and real life, treatment was perceived better.
There is a need for more holistic approach on anorexia nervosa treatment. Finding the balance between physical and mental aspect´s would be beneficial. Nurses should also be mindful about their own knowledge of the illness and the experience that their patient is having. Further studies could be conducted of the phenomenon as there were some difficulties of finding articles suitable for the study.
The aim of the study was to gain understanding on how anorexia nervosa patient´s experience nursing interventions. The purpose was to give new information to health-care professionals and student about how patients might feel about the interventions. The study was conducted as a literature review. The articles that were used were gathered by two individual researches from CINAHL and PubMed.
The results of the study suggest that treatments that focus on the physical aspects of the illness was not the ideal approach. Being overly focused on weight did not further the recovery and the results were not long term. When patient´s felt that the nursing staff were seeing them as individuals and found the balance between theory and real life, treatment was perceived better.
There is a need for more holistic approach on anorexia nervosa treatment. Finding the balance between physical and mental aspect´s would be beneficial. Nurses should also be mindful about their own knowledge of the illness and the experience that their patient is having. Further studies could be conducted of the phenomenon as there were some difficulties of finding articles suitable for the study.