Interpersonal Interaction

2013 ◽  
pp. 41-48
Author(s):  
David R. Cox ◽  
Richard H. Cox ◽  
Bruce Caplan
Keyword(s):  
Health Professionals ◽  
Psychological Impact ◽  
Code Of Conduct ◽  
Interpersonal Interaction ◽  
Interpersonal Interactions ◽  
Treatment Team ◽  
Interpersonal Factors ◽  
Effects Of Stress ◽  
Relationship Boundaries

Chapter 4 discusses how competence in interpersonal interactions mandates awareness of how the RP affects others, and vice versa, and covers the constructs of empathy, respect, dignity, and multicultural factors, as well as recognition of the effects of stress and the importance of maintaining relationship boundaries in interpersonal interactions. It also touches on how not all health professionals share the same code of conduct or understanding of the ways in which interpersonal factors interact with treatment. Lastly it covers how RPs are often in a position to address the psychological impact of differing perceptions of situations, stressors, interactions and other matters among members of a treatment team comprised of a variety of disciplines, and how those differences may affect the course of treatment.

scholarly journals The Psychological Impact of Covid-19 on University Students: Their Expectations of Mental Health Professionals

2021 ◽  
Vol 8 (4) ◽  
pp. 1-20
Author(s):  
M.Siyabend KAYA ◽  
Yavuz KOŞAN
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
University Students ◽  
Mental Health Professionals ◽  
Health Professionals ◽  
Psychosocial Support ◽  
Qualitative Content Analysis ◽  
Psychological Impact ◽  
Depression And Anxiety ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Main Effects

The current study focused on exploring the psychological impact of the COVID -19 outbreak on university students and participants' expectations of mental health professionals. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with 80 university students aged 18 to 33 years from 19 cities in Turkey. Qualitative content analysis was used to identify important aspects of the students' experiences. According to the results, the main effects of the epidemic COVID -19 on the participants were depression and anxiety. We found that participants used various ways to cope with COVID -19 such as reading books and paying attention to hygiene. Participants also indicated that they perceived some positive situations, such as the value of nature and humanity, the importance of family, and various negative situations, such as mental exhaustion. Finally, participants stressed that they had different expectations regarding psychosocial support and the planning of individual activities by mental health professionals

scholarly journals Psychological Impact of the COVID-19 Outbreak on Nurses in China: A Nationwide Survey During the Outbreak

2020 ◽  
Vol 11 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yan Liu ◽  
Youlin Long ◽  
Yifan Cheng ◽  
Qiong Guo ◽  
Liu Yang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Health Professionals ◽  
Psychological Impact ◽  
Nationwide Survey ◽  
Living Alone ◽  
Health Issue ◽  
Public Health Issue ◽  
Second Line ◽  
Front Line ◽  
Major Public Health Issue

Background: The COVID-19 pandemic is a major public health issue and challenge to health professionals. In similar epidemics, nurses experienced more distress than other providers.Methods: We surveyed both on-duty nurses caring for infected patients and second-line nurses caring for uninfected patients from Hubei and other provinces throughout China.Results: We received completed surveys from 1,364 nurses from 22 provinces: 658 front-line and 706 second-line nurses. The median (IQR) GHQ-28 score of all nurses was 17 (IQR 11–24). The overall incidence of mild-to-moderate distress (GHQ score > 5) was 28%; that for severe distress (GHQ score > 11) was 6%. The incidence of mild-to-moderate distress in the second-line nurses was higher than that in the front-line nurses (31 vs. 25%; OR, 0.74; 95 CI, 0.58–0.94). Living alone (OR, 0.62; 95% CI, 0.44–0.86) and feeling supported (OR, 0.82, 95% CI, 0.74–0.90) independently predicted lower anxiety.Conclusions: During the COVID-19 pandemic, the psychological problems of all nurses were generally serious. The interviewed second-line nurses face more serious issues than the front-line nurses.

A Critical Theory of Medical Discourse: How Patients and Health Professionals Deal with Social Problems

1989 ◽  
Vol 19 (4) ◽  
pp. 577-597 ◽  
Author(s):  
Howard Waitzkin ◽  
Theron Britt
Keyword(s):  
Critical Theory ◽  
Literary Criticism ◽  
Health Professionals ◽  
Psychological Impact ◽  
Medical Discourse ◽  
Social Conditions ◽  
Underlying Structure ◽  
Conscious Awareness ◽  
Structural Relationships ◽  
Desirable Behavior

Criticism of social context does not generally appear in medical encounters. When contextual issues arise in medical discourse, messages of ideology and social control may become apparent, usually without the conscious awareness of the participants. By easing the physical or psychological impact of contextual difficulties, or by encouraging patients' conformity to mainstream expectations of desirable behavior, encounters with doctors can help win patients' consent to troubling social conditions. Seen in this light, doctor-patient encounters become micropolitical situations that do not typically encourage explicit statements or actions by health professionals to change contextual sources of their patients' difficulties. A critical theory influenced by structuralism suggests that the surface meanings of signs in medical discourse prove less important than their structural relationships. In addition, a theoretical approach adopting elements of post-structuralism and Marxist literary criticism emphasizes the marginal, absent, or excluded elements of medical discourse. Contextual features that shape a text include social class, sex, age, and race. Through the underlying structure of medical discourse, contextual problems are expressed, marginalized, and managed.

scholarly journals Psychological Impact of NBS for CF

2020 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 27 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jane Chudleigh ◽  
Holly Chinnery
Keyword(s):  
Cystic Fibrosis ◽  
Newborn Screening ◽  
Health Professionals ◽  
False Positive ◽  
Psychological Impact ◽  
Confirmatory Test ◽  
Test Results ◽  
Burden Of Care ◽  
Positive Results ◽  
Screening Result

Newborn screening for cystic fibrosis has resulted in diagnosis often before symptoms are recognised, leading to benefits including reduced disease severity, decreased burden of care, and lower costs. The psychological impact of this often unsought diagnosis on the parents of seemingly well children is less well understood. The time during which the screening result is communicated to families but before the confirmatory test results are available is recognised as a period of uncertainty and it is this uncertainty that can impact most on parents. Evidence suggests this may be mitigated against by ensuring the time between communication and confirmatory testing is minimized and health professionals involved in communicating positive newborn screening results and diagnostic results for cystic fibrosis to families are knowledgeable and able to provide appropriate reassurance. This is particularly important in the case of false positive results or when the child is given a Cystic Fibrosis Screen Positive, Inconclusive Diagnosis designation. However, to date, there are no formal mechanisms in place to support health professionals undertaking this challenging role, which would enable them to meet the expectations set out in specific guidance.

scholarly journals Dressing use issues in primary abdominal wounds: a qualitative study of health staff and patient views

2019 ◽  
Vol 28 (20) ◽  
pp. S10-S18
Author(s):  
Christel McMullan ◽  
Jane Blazeby ◽  
Jenny L Donovan ◽  
Leila Rooshenas ◽  
Daisy Elliott ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Health Professionals ◽  
Clinical Effect ◽  
Wound Care ◽  
Psychological Impact ◽  
Health Staff ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Wound Contamination ◽  
Surgical Wounds ◽  
Healing Wound ◽  
New Evidence

Primary surgical abdominal wounds are usually covered with a dressing. However, little is known about the practical issues and costs around these dressings. This study aimed to provide an in-depth description of patients' and health professionals' perspectives on the clinical and practical issues associated with standard and novel dressing (glue-as-a-dressing) use on primary surgical wounds, and to establish whether and how their experience compares with these perspectives. During semi-structured interviews, patients and health professionals discussed their positive experience of glue-as-a-dressing and no dressing around six themes: wound contamination and infection, wound healing, wound care, physical protection afforded by simple dressings, the potential psychological impact of an exposed wound, and ability to carry out everyday tasks. Current views on the practice of dressings for primary abdominal wounds are influenced by ingrained clinical practice. These views can be challenged when exposed to novel dressing strategies or as new evidence of the clinical effect of dressing strategies emerges.

scholarly journals Does Interpersonal Interaction Really Improve Emotion, Sleep Quality, and Self-Efficacy among Junior College Students?

2020 ◽  
Vol 17 (12) ◽  
pp. 4542
Author(s):  
Po-Yu Wang ◽  
Pin-Hsuan Lin ◽  
Chung-Ying Lin ◽  
Shang-Yu Yang ◽  
Kai-Li Chen
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Sleep Quality ◽  
Self Efficacy ◽  
Negative Emotion ◽  
Demographic Data ◽  
Real Life ◽  
Junior College ◽  
Interpersonal Interaction ◽  
Interpersonal Interactions ◽  
Junior College Students

This study discusses the correlation between teenagers’ real-life interpersonal interactions and teenagers’ online interpersonal interactions with regards to emotion, sleep quality, and self-efficacy. This study adopted a cross-sectional design that included a survey using a structured questionnaire which included demographic data, the Chinese version of the Depression Anxiety Stress Scale (DASS-21), the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI), the General Self-Efficacy Scale (GSE), the Real Interpersonal Interaction Scale (RIIS), and the Internet Interpersonal Interaction Scale (IIIS). This study enlisted 917 teenage students (age = 17.16 ± 1.48 years). The study found that RIIS had significant negative correlations with DASS and PSQI scores and a significant positive correlation with GSE. Namely, the greater the degree of real-life interpersonal interaction, the lower the degree of negative emotion. Likewise, the more satisfactory sleep quality is, the higher self-efficacy is. In addition, IIIS scores demonstrate significantly positive correlations with DASS and PSQI scores. Therefore, the greater the degree of online interpersonal interaction, the greater the levels of negative emotion, and the poorer the sleep quality is. This study showed that online interpersonal interaction may not improve emotions, sleep quality, or self-efficacy among junior college students. However, real-life interpersonal interaction may improve those three parameters.

The Psychological Impact of Medical Error on Patients, Family Members, and Health Professionals

2017 ◽  
pp. 171-196
Author(s):  
Mary I. Gouva
Keyword(s):  
Medical Errors ◽  
Medical Error ◽  
Health Professionals ◽  
Psychological Impact ◽  
Psychological Effects ◽  
History Of ◽  
Underlying Causes ◽  
The Individual ◽  
The Impact

The current chapter examines the psychological implications emerging from medical errors. Whilst the psychological effects have studied, nonetheless the consequent impacts and the underlying psychological causes have not been sufficiently analysed and/ or interpreted. The chapter will add to the literate by using a psychodynamic approach in analysing the psychological impact of medical errors and provide interpretations of the underlying causes. The chapter concludes that medical errors lead to a series of implications. For the patient the quality of interactions with health professionals are directly affected and usually have immediate consequences. The impact of these consequences in the patient is mediated by the patient's personality, history of the individual and the psychoanalytic destiny of the patient. For the patient's relatives medical errors create emotional cracks leading to regression and eventual transference of the medical errors as a “bad” object. For health professionals medical errors impact upon the psychological defence mechanisms of the psychic Ego.

scholarly journals Psychological Impact of COVID-19 Emergency on Health Professionals: Burnout Incidence at the Most Critical Period in Spain

2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (9) ◽  
pp. 3029 ◽  
Author(s):  
José Ángel Martínez-López ◽  
Cristina Lázaro-Pérez ◽  
José Gómez-Galán ◽  
María del Mar Fernández-Martínez
Keyword(s):  
Health Professionals ◽  
Critical Period ◽  
Health Care Services ◽  
Psychological Treatment ◽  
Psychological Impact ◽  
Maslach Burnout Inventory ◽  
Simple Random Sampling ◽  
Accurate Information ◽  
Continuous Contact ◽  
And Training

Background: The health profession is a burnout producer due to the continuous contact with pain and suffering. In addition, excessive workloads can generate stress and psychological distress. Objectives: The aim of this study was to determine the degree of burnout and its main triggers in health professionals in Spain at the most critical period of the COVID-19 emergency. Method: A quantitative research was developed through a simple random sampling in different Spanish hospitals through the period of greatest impact of the pandemic (N = 157). Data were collected using a standardized questionnaire from Maslach burnout inventory (MBI) containing 22 items, which measures three subscales: emotional burnout, depersonalization, and self-fulfillment. Results: depersonalization values reached 38.9%. A total of 90.4% of the health professionals considered that psychological care should be provided from the work centers. Furthermore, 43.3% of the health professionals estimated that they might need psychological treatment in the future. Finally, 85.4% stated that the lack of personal protective equipment (PPE) generated an increase in stress and anxiety. Conclusion: This study demonstrates the need to consider specific mental health care services and training in crises to avoid possible psychological disorders. The information obtained is also valuable for the development of future prevention protocols and training of health personnel to face pandemics of these characteristics or emergency scenarios. Having the necessary physical means for their protection, as well to updated regular and accurate information, is essential to avoid feelings of fear and uncertainty. This would promote the health of these professionals.

scholarly journals Obesity, Prejudice, Self, and Culture: A Longitudinal Case Study

2019 ◽  
Vol 29 ◽  
Author(s):  
Milena Oliveira da Silva ◽  
Angela Uchoa Branco
Keyword(s):  
Health Professionals ◽  
Qualitative Data ◽  
Obese Woman ◽  
Obese Subject ◽  
Psychological Impact ◽  
Longitudinal Case Study ◽  
Dialogical Self ◽  
The Social ◽  
Subjective Trajectory

Abstract With the increasing number of obese individuals in Brazil, the importance of studies aimed at researching the social and psychological impact of obesity is also increased. This study aimed to trace and analyze the processes of subjective construction of the obesity experience. This is a longitudinal case study with a 29-year-old obese woman submitted to bariatric surgery. The characteristics and power of explicit and implicit messages that operate in specific cultural contexts were investigated, analyzing the construction of meanings of self in the development of the dialogical self. Qualitative data analysis shows important aspects of the dynamics of fatphobia, its power to channel the subjective trajectory of the obese subject and the importance of alterity in the development of self. The study contributes to the advancement of knowledge about the relations between obesity, self, and prejudice, seeking to provide inputs for the performance of psychologists, educators, and health professionals.

scholarly journals Relationship of Work Load and Interpersonal Interactions with Work Fatigue in Inpatient Nurses at Dr M Yunus Hospital, Bengkulu

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rina Aprianti ◽  
◽  
Susilo Wulan ◽  
Elza Wulandari ◽  
◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Work Load ◽  
Interpersonal Interaction ◽  
Interpersonal Interactions ◽  
Chi Square ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Independent Variables ◽  
Job Demand ◽  
Relationship Communication ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
Inpatient Nurses

ABSTRACT Background: Work fatigue experienced by nurses can hurt the service provided by the hospital. The workload was difference in the capacity or ability of worker with job demand that must be faced. Interpersonal interaction is a relationship, communication, and interaction with other people. The purpose of this study was to determine relationship between workload and interpersonal interactions with subjective work fatigue in inpatient nurses at dr. M Yunus hospital, Bengkulu, Indonesia. Subjects and Method: This was a cross sectional conducted at dr. M Yunus Bengkulu from August to September, 2020. A sample of 128 nurses in the inpatient room of Dr. Hospital. M Yunus Bengkulu selected by total sampling. The dependent variable was subjective work fatigue. The independent variables were workload and interpersonal interactions. The instrument used was a questionnaire. The data was analyzed by chi square. Results: There was a statistically significant relationship between workload (OR= 9.31; 95% CI= 3.86 to 22.85; p< o.001) and interpersonal interactions (OR= 7.11; 95% CI= 3.05 up to 16.76; p< 0.001) with subjective work fatigue. Conclusion: Workload and interpersonal interactions are factors that can cause subjective work fatigue in the inpatient nurses at RSUD Dr. M Yunus Bengkulu. Keywords: Workload, Interpersonal Interaction, Subjective Work Fatigue. Correspondance: Rina Aprianti. School Of Health Sciences Tri Mandiri Sakti, Bengkulu. Jl. Hibrida Raya No. 3, Sidomulyo Gading Cempaka district, Bengkulu, Indonesia. Email: [email protected]. Mobile: 081373626277 DOI: https://doi.org/10.26911/the7thicph.04.14

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