Nurses' attitudes towards patients battling with depression
Abdullai, Dramani Bermmah (2024)
2024
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Abstract/Summary: Depression is a common mental illness that affects an estimated 3.8% of people globally. Congenital factors (genetic mutations, gene polymorphisms, and epigenetic processes) and acquired factors (birth and feeding patterns, dietary habits, childhood experiences, economic and educational attainment, and geographical limitations) are the major causes. This highlights the need for compassionate and efficient healthcare services for the affected ones to overcome the menace.
Aim: The study aims to describe nurses’ attitudes in providing care for people living with depression and evaluate the underlying factors contributing to these attitudes in determining areas that need development in the future. The Caring and Uncaring Encounters in Nursing and Health Care theory authored by Sigridur Halldorsdorttir in 1996 was used to facilitate understanding of the study.
Method: This study used a qualitative systematic literature review and content analysis. Boolean operator searches such as ‘’and’’, ‘’or’’, and ‘’not’’ were used in PubMed, EBSCOhost (CINAHL Complete, Academic Search Elite, and Medline), and Google Scholar. 11 out of 228 articles that passed the screening process were chosen for content analysis, which produced 3 main themes and 2 sub-themes for each.
Results/Conclusion: The study’s findings indicate a strong link between the treatment needed for mental health recovery and the essential nurse-patient interaction. Improving nurses’ understanding and management of depression could be greatly aided by establishing support networks for healthcare professionals, offering continuing mental health education, and encouraging candid discussions about mental health issues among nursing teams. Ultimately, encouraging nurses to have a more sympathetic and understanding mindset helps the mental health patients they care for, and advances the larger objective of building a more efficient and inclusive healthcare workforce.
Aim: The study aims to describe nurses’ attitudes in providing care for people living with depression and evaluate the underlying factors contributing to these attitudes in determining areas that need development in the future. The Caring and Uncaring Encounters in Nursing and Health Care theory authored by Sigridur Halldorsdorttir in 1996 was used to facilitate understanding of the study.
Method: This study used a qualitative systematic literature review and content analysis. Boolean operator searches such as ‘’and’’, ‘’or’’, and ‘’not’’ were used in PubMed, EBSCOhost (CINAHL Complete, Academic Search Elite, and Medline), and Google Scholar. 11 out of 228 articles that passed the screening process were chosen for content analysis, which produced 3 main themes and 2 sub-themes for each.
Results/Conclusion: The study’s findings indicate a strong link between the treatment needed for mental health recovery and the essential nurse-patient interaction. Improving nurses’ understanding and management of depression could be greatly aided by establishing support networks for healthcare professionals, offering continuing mental health education, and encouraging candid discussions about mental health issues among nursing teams. Ultimately, encouraging nurses to have a more sympathetic and understanding mindset helps the mental health patients they care for, and advances the larger objective of building a more efficient and inclusive healthcare workforce.