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Healthcare Professionals’ Perspective of Person-Centred Wound Treatment: A Qualitative Study Passed

Wednesday May 15, 2024 10:09 - 10:15 G2

Moderator: Erna Haraldsdottir
Presenter: Anna Irestig

Track: Practice-based Implementation and Knowledge Translation

Chronic wounds present a major challenge to healthcare systems globally as the population ages (1, 2). To improve wound treatment outcomes, person-centred care (PCC) has been suggested, but there is limited research on its application in wound treatment (3). Implementing PCC in wound treatment can be challenging due to, for example, poor communication between healthcare professionals and patients regarding painful and malodorous wounds (4). Therefore, it is crucial to gain a better understanding of healthcare professionals' perspectives on PCC in wound treatment, and potential challenges with its implementation. This understanding can support the application of PCC and improve the quality of care, similar to other patient groups (5, 6). In this study, we interviewed 22 Swedish healthcare professionals in primary care who work with wound treatment to understand their perspective on PCC. Using qualitative content analysis with an abductive approach (7, 8), we employed Ekman et al.´s framework (9) to define PCC. The findings illustrate the healthcare professionals’ perspectives on initiating, implementing and safeguarding PCC in wound treatment. Initiating PCC involved seeing the whole person and the underlying causes of the wound, using the patient's goals and preferences to establish, and motivating the patient to accept, treatment. Implementing PCC involved building a relationship of trust with the patient, tailoring the treatment to the patient’s goals and preferences, and supporting the patient in managing day-to-day life. Safeguarding PCC involved documenting, updating and keeping up to date with the patient's treatment records, and communicating about these between healthcare professionals. The healthcare professionals recognized the value of PCC in wound treatment, but also challenges with its application such difficulties in building a partnership with the patient, lack of continuity in the patient’s care and issues of information-sharing between healthcare institutions. The findings provide valuable insights for the implementation of PCC in wound treatment. 

Language

English

Seminar type

Pre-recorded + On-site

Lecture type

Orals

Conference

GCPCC

Authors

Anna Irestig, Daniel Tyskbo, Ingrid Larsson, Petra Svedberg, Elin Siira

Lecturers

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Erna Haraldsdottir Moderator

Professor in Nursing
Queen Margaret University

Professor in Nursing, Deputy Head of Nursing and Director of the Centre for Person-centred Practice Research at Queen Margaret University. Since completing my nursing degree in Iceland, palliative care has been my field of practice and research. I have led on a number of person-centred practice development projects , educational teaching programmes and research projects in palliative care both nationally and internationally. I also serve on a number of development groups in relation to palliative care education and research and have published widely in palliative care research journals.



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Anna Irestig Presenter

RN
Halmstad University, school of health and welfare

Master's in health and lifestyle. Working with psychiatric patients with comorbidities, often elderly patiens with both psychiatric and somatic diseases. Applying a personcentred approach.