| dc.description.abstract | Disease- and treatment-associated psychological problems may significantly affect the patients’ well-being and convalescence. Nurses are playing a critical role in identifying and addressing these psychological problems in patients. They can use various methods such as therapeutic communication, cognitive behavioral therapy and relaxation techniques to help patients cope with psychological stress, and promote their recovery.
The aim of the study was to determine the role and the significance of nursing interventions in solving psychological problems in patients with somatic disease, the characteristics of psychological problems in patients with chronic disease, the specific aspects of chronic pain syndrome and its influence on the emergence of psychological problems in the patients, and investigated and analyzed the incidence of psychological problems in patients with somatic disease.
The study methods used in this research included general clinic and general therapeutic nursing methods, such as collecting health history and history of present disease, patient observation, objective examination, and methods for detection of psychological disorders using approved scales such as: Depressive Anxiety Stress Scale (DASS-21), Patient Health Questionnaire-9 (PHQ-9), Generalized Anxiety Disorder-7 (GAD-7), and Insomnia Severity Index (ISI).
This research determined the role and the significance of nursing interventions in solving psychological problems in patients with somatic disease; the characteristics of psychological problems in patients with chronic disease; the specific aspects of chronic pain syndrome and its influence on the emergence of psychological problems in the patients; the incidence of psychological problems in patients with somatic disease; analyzed the incidence of psychological problems in patients with somatic disease depending on the patients’ sex; identified the key aspects in providing psychological support to somatic patients. Psychological correction allows for significant improvements in the psychological status of rehabilitation patients. | uk |
