Pub Date : 2024-01-01Epub Date: 2024-03-13DOI: 10.1080/00981389.2024.2324857
Damla Öksüz Kargın, Satı Dil
This cross-sectional study investigated the effect of caregivers' care (n = 100) burden and psychological resilience on the psychosocial adjustment of patients (n = 100) with open heart surgery. Patients had poor psychosocial adjustment. Caregivers who felt incompetent in providing care had a higher care burden and a lower psychological resilience than those who did not. In addition, patients whose caregivers had higher resilience and lower burden of care had better psychosocial adjustment. The results of this study compellingly demonstrate the importance and necessity of supportive and preventive clinical social work interventions to enhance patients' adaptation to a new lifestyle and compliance with treatment during the cardiac rehabilitation process, and reduce the burden on caregivers.
{"title":"The effect of caregivers' care burden and psychological resilience on the psychosocial adjustment of patients with open heart surgery in Turkey.","authors":"Damla Öksüz Kargın, Satı Dil","doi":"10.1080/00981389.2024.2324857","DOIUrl":"10.1080/00981389.2024.2324857","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This cross-sectional study investigated the effect of caregivers' care (<i>n</i> = 100) burden and psychological resilience on the psychosocial adjustment of patients (<i>n</i> = 100) with open heart surgery. Patients had poor psychosocial adjustment. Caregivers who felt incompetent in providing care had a higher care burden and a lower psychological resilience than those who did not. In addition, patients whose caregivers had higher resilience and lower burden of care had better psychosocial adjustment. The results of this study compellingly demonstrate the importance and necessity of supportive and preventive clinical social work interventions to enhance patients' adaptation to a new lifestyle and compliance with treatment during the cardiac rehabilitation process, and reduce the burden on caregivers.</p>","PeriodicalId":47519,"journal":{"name":"Social Work in Health Care","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2024-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140111774","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2024-01-01Epub Date: 2024-03-13DOI: 10.1080/00981389.2024.2324858
Elif Ezgi Arslan Şahbaz, Özlem Cankurtaran
This cross-sectional quantitative study was conducted to evaluate the coping strategies of parents of children with cystic fibrosis. The research sample is the parents (n: 112) who presented to Thoracic Medicine Department at Hacettepe University Pediatric Hospital between 3 April 2021 - 28 May 2021 and volunteered to participate in the study. Sociodemographic Data Form and Coping Orientation to Problems Experienced Inventory (COPE Inventory) were used in the collection of data. The study examined coping strategies according to children's characteristics such as age, sex, education, and parents' independent variables such as employment status, income status, number of individuals and children in the family, communication with other families, social and financial support. Data were analyzed using Mann-Whitney and Kruskal-Wallis tests. Research findings show that religious coping was the most frequently preferred coping strategy, and behavioral disengagement was the least commonly used coping strategy. Emotion-Focused Coping Strategies were also commonly used. Social work interventions and strategies play an important role in helping parents to adopt positive coping strategies and improve their skills.
{"title":"Evaluation of coping strategies of parents of children with cystic fibrosis.","authors":"Elif Ezgi Arslan Şahbaz, Özlem Cankurtaran","doi":"10.1080/00981389.2024.2324858","DOIUrl":"10.1080/00981389.2024.2324858","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This cross-sectional quantitative study was conducted to evaluate the coping strategies of parents of children with cystic fibrosis. The research sample is the parents (n: 112) who presented to Thoracic Medicine Department at Hacettepe University Pediatric Hospital between 3 April 2021 - 28 May 2021 and volunteered to participate in the study. Sociodemographic Data Form and Coping Orientation to Problems Experienced Inventory (COPE Inventory) were used in the collection of data. The study examined coping strategies according to children's characteristics such as age, sex, education, and parents' independent variables such as employment status, income status, number of individuals and children in the family, communication with other families, social and financial support. Data were analyzed using Mann-Whitney and Kruskal-Wallis tests. Research findings show that religious coping was the most frequently preferred coping strategy, and behavioral disengagement was the least commonly used coping strategy. Emotion-Focused Coping Strategies were also commonly used. Social work interventions and strategies play an important role in helping parents to adopt positive coping strategies and improve their skills.</p>","PeriodicalId":47519,"journal":{"name":"Social Work in Health Care","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2024-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140111773","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Very few literatures have focused on transition of older adults from hospitals to nursing homes in African region. As a first step, this study explored the experience of medical social worker when transiting older adult from the hospital to nursing home in southwestern region of Nigeria. A descriptive qualitative approach collected through a semi-structured interview among 16 medical social workers showed that there is limited availability of nursing home facilities in Nigeria. Additionally, bureaucratic and administrative hurdles often added to the complexities of facilitating seamless transitions into nursing care homes. Cultural beliefs and family dynamics exert a substantial influence on the decision-making process, making the task of medical social workers even more intricate. There is a need for a greater support from policymakers and healthcare authorities to address the challenges facing Nigerian medical social workers. Hence, to better understand and address these experiences, the healthcare system can better equip medical social workers to navigate the transitions effectively and ensure the well-being of older adults during this crucial phase of their lives is adequately supported.
{"title":"<i>Difficult but achievable</i>: medical social workers' experiences transiting older adults from hospital care to nursing home in Nigeria.","authors":"Olanike Esther Oyebade, Oluwagbemiga Oyinlola, Cristina Asenjo Palma","doi":"10.1080/00981389.2024.2324859","DOIUrl":"10.1080/00981389.2024.2324859","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Very few literatures have focused on transition of older adults from hospitals to nursing homes in African region. As a first step, this study explored the experience of medical social worker when transiting older adult from the hospital to nursing home in southwestern region of Nigeria. A descriptive qualitative approach collected through a semi-structured interview among 16 medical social workers showed that there is limited availability of nursing home facilities in Nigeria. Additionally, bureaucratic and administrative hurdles often added to the complexities of facilitating seamless transitions into nursing care homes. Cultural beliefs and family dynamics exert a substantial influence on the decision-making process, making the task of medical social workers even more intricate. There is a need for a greater support from policymakers and healthcare authorities to address the challenges facing Nigerian medical social workers. Hence, to better understand and address these experiences, the healthcare system can better equip medical social workers to navigate the transitions effectively and ensure the well-being of older adults during this crucial phase of their lives is adequately supported.</p>","PeriodicalId":47519,"journal":{"name":"Social Work in Health Care","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2024-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140060847","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2024-01-01Epub Date: 2024-02-15DOI: 10.1080/00981389.2024.2316697
Solimar Santiago-Warner
Social workers in Perinatal Palliative Care (PPC) play an essential role in caring for birthing people carrying a baby with a life-limiting condition and their families. Perinatal palliative care is consistent with social work values concerning fostering quality of life and promoting social justice and access to care. Social workers play a multidimensional role in providing a holistic approach to caring for the birthing person, baby, and family. Although social workers may be part of an interdisciplinary care team, their role is not defined solely by the goals of the greater team, nor has it been discussed in depth in the perinatal palliative care literature. The purpose of this paper is to describe the knowledge, values, and skills essential to the role of the social worker in a hospital-based perinatal palliative care team. A case study will be used to illustrate the relevant practices, and implications are outlined.
{"title":"Social work practice in perinatal palliative care: an overview.","authors":"Solimar Santiago-Warner","doi":"10.1080/00981389.2024.2316697","DOIUrl":"10.1080/00981389.2024.2316697","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Social workers in Perinatal Palliative Care (PPC) play an essential role in caring for birthing people carrying a baby with a life-limiting condition and their families. Perinatal palliative care is consistent with social work values concerning fostering quality of life and promoting social justice and access to care. Social workers play a multidimensional role in providing a holistic approach to caring for the birthing person, baby, and family. Although social workers may be part of an interdisciplinary care team, their role is not defined solely by the goals of the greater team, nor has it been discussed in depth in the perinatal palliative care literature. The purpose of this paper is to describe the knowledge, values, and skills essential to the role of the social worker in a hospital-based perinatal palliative care team. A case study will be used to illustrate the relevant practices, and implications are outlined.</p>","PeriodicalId":47519,"journal":{"name":"Social Work in Health Care","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2024-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139736420","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2024-01-01Epub Date: 2024-03-26DOI: 10.1080/00981389.2024.2333747
Cassandra L Hua, Christopher W Halladay, James L Rudolph, Caitlin Celardo, Leonie Heyworth, Alita R Harmon, Whitney L Mills, Portia Y Cornell
We plotted trends in social work telehealth use among Veterans in a U.S. national social work staffing program and examined the relationship between geographic factors (rurality and neighborhood disadvantage) and telehealth use (audio and video) using linear probability models. Social work telehealth use increased among Veterans during the COVID-19 pandemic. There were no geographic differences in telephone telehealth use. Video telehealth use was less common among Veterans in isolated rural areas and among Veterans in highly disadvantaged areas. Outreach efforts can address barriers that Veterans who live in rural and disadvantaged areas may experience in using video telehealth.
{"title":"Trends and geographic differences in social work telehealth utilization.","authors":"Cassandra L Hua, Christopher W Halladay, James L Rudolph, Caitlin Celardo, Leonie Heyworth, Alita R Harmon, Whitney L Mills, Portia Y Cornell","doi":"10.1080/00981389.2024.2333747","DOIUrl":"10.1080/00981389.2024.2333747","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>We plotted trends in social work telehealth use among Veterans in a U.S. national social work staffing program and examined the relationship between geographic factors (rurality and neighborhood disadvantage) and telehealth use (audio and video) using linear probability models. Social work telehealth use increased among Veterans during the COVID-19 pandemic. There were no geographic differences in telephone telehealth use. Video telehealth use was less common among Veterans in isolated rural areas and among Veterans in highly disadvantaged areas. Outreach efforts can address barriers that Veterans who live in rural and disadvantaged areas may experience in using video telehealth.</p>","PeriodicalId":47519,"journal":{"name":"Social Work in Health Care","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2024-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140289274","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2024-01-01Epub Date: 2023-12-01DOI: 10.1080/00981389.2024.2279293
Suzanne Marmo, Vickie Leff, Suk-Hee Kim
{"title":"Social work practice innovation and social determinants of health: social work expertise for achieving health equity.","authors":"Suzanne Marmo, Vickie Leff, Suk-Hee Kim","doi":"10.1080/00981389.2024.2279293","DOIUrl":"10.1080/00981389.2024.2279293","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":47519,"journal":{"name":"Social Work in Health Care","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2024-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138463656","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2024-01-01Epub Date: 2023-12-01DOI: 10.1080/00981389.2023.2278787
Jean E Balestrery
In this article, a communication framework of Connection First is presented to help close the empathy gap in mainstream health care, including palliative and end-of-life care. Expanding beyond biomedicine, Connection First involves rethinking and restructuring business-as-usual in health care. It shifts the typical transactional process during the initial intake session into one that is transformational. Connection First is a structural intervention and skillset comprised of the following elements: disrupting diagnosis, humanizing history, and repairing ruptures. These elements combine to help close the empathy gap in health care during the initial clinical encounter, before intake, and improve outcomes.
{"title":"Closing the empathy gap in health care: <i>Connection First</i> - before \"intake\".","authors":"Jean E Balestrery","doi":"10.1080/00981389.2023.2278787","DOIUrl":"10.1080/00981389.2023.2278787","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>In this article, a communication framework of <i>Connection First</i> is presented to help close the empathy gap in mainstream health care, including palliative and end-of-life care. Expanding beyond biomedicine, <i>Connection First</i> involves rethinking and restructuring business-as-usual in health care. It shifts the typical transactional process during the initial intake session into one that is transformational. <i>Connection First</i> is a structural intervention and skillset comprised of the following elements: disrupting diagnosis, humanizing history, and repairing ruptures. These elements combine to help close the empathy gap in health care during the initial clinical encounter, before intake, and improve outcomes.</p>","PeriodicalId":47519,"journal":{"name":"Social Work in Health Care","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2024-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"134650161","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2024-01-01Epub Date: 2024-03-24DOI: 10.1080/00981389.2024.2333744
Julie N Evanson
The purpose of this research was to explore patients' shared perceptions of what makes them feel valued and devalued during in-patient and out-patient medical visits and patients' recommendations for increasing feelings of value. A criterion-based snowball sampling method was used to recruit participants who are adults living in Anchorage, Alaska, and have had an in-patient or out-patient medical visit within at least the past year. Semi-structured qualitative interviews were conducted using eight open-ended questions via Zoom web conferencing. Data were stored and managed electronically. A thematic analysis approach guided data analysis. A phenomenological approach was applied to capture participants' shared experiences. This study's key findings highlight a shared patient perception that communication is paramount in conveying value: conversations with healthcare providers instill value, feeling valued is essential to well-being, feeling devalued is driven by depersonalization, and devaluation perpetuates discontinuity in healthcare.
{"title":"Humanizing medicine: a patient perspective.","authors":"Julie N Evanson","doi":"10.1080/00981389.2024.2333744","DOIUrl":"10.1080/00981389.2024.2333744","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The purpose of this research was to explore patients' shared perceptions of what makes them feel valued and devalued during in-patient and out-patient medical visits and patients' recommendations for increasing feelings of value. A criterion-based snowball sampling method was used to recruit participants who are adults living in Anchorage, Alaska, and have had an in-patient or out-patient medical visit within at least the past year. Semi-structured qualitative interviews were conducted using eight open-ended questions via Zoom web conferencing. Data were stored and managed electronically. A thematic analysis approach guided data analysis. A phenomenological approach was applied to capture participants' shared experiences. This study's key findings highlight a shared patient perception that communication is paramount in conveying value: conversations with healthcare providers instill value, feeling valued is essential to well-being, feeling devalued is driven by depersonalization, and devaluation perpetuates discontinuity in healthcare.</p>","PeriodicalId":47519,"journal":{"name":"Social Work in Health Care","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2024-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140194746","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2024-01-01Epub Date: 2024-09-23DOI: 10.1080/00981389.2024.2400880
Karlynn BrintzenhofeSzoc, Ting Guan, Alyssa Middleton, Shirley Otis-Green, Tara Schpamire, Makeeta Rayton, Krista Nelson, Michael L Grignon, Brad Zebrack
There is limited literature on the roles and tasks conducted by oncology social workers (OSW) who work with cancer patients in inpatient units. The purpose of this study was to delineate the roles reported to be significant to practice among OSWs who practice in inpatient settings and to identify the domains into which these roles fall. The data used in this secondary data analysis were collected in a large national study of OSWs to delineate the roles and tasks across all cancer settings. The sample extracted for this study were 240 OSWs who endorsed providing direct care to cancer patients in inpatient settings. Exploratory factor analysis revealed eight factors made up of 34 tasks. The roles were aligned with three of the four service areas in the Association of Oncology Social Scope of Practice and seven of the nine competencies set forth by the Council of Social Work Education. The findings can be used to enhance communications about the roles of inpatient OSWs across OSW constituencies, increase awareness of the role supervision and consultation to ensure equitable and just practice, enhance social work coursework to prepare students to work in healthcare inpatient settings, and in future research.
关于在住院部为癌症患者提供服务的肿瘤社工(OSW)的角色和任务的文献十分有限。本研究的目的是对在住院环境中工作的肿瘤社工所扮演的重要角色进行界定,并确定这些角色的所属领域。这项二手数据分析所使用的数据是在一项大型全国性 OSWs 研究中收集的,目的是界定所有癌症环境中的角色和任务。本研究抽取的样本为 240 名 OSW,他们认可为住院环境中的癌症患者提供直接护理。探索性因子分析揭示了由 34 项任务组成的 8 个因子。这些角色与肿瘤社会实践范围协会(Association of Oncology Social Scope of Practice)规定的四个服务领域中的三个以及社会工作教育委员会(Council of Social Work Education)规定的九项能力中的七项相一致。这些研究结果可用于加强住院患者社会工作者在社会工作者群体中的角色沟通,提高对督导和咨询角色的认识,以确保公平公正的实践,加强社会工作课程,为学生在医疗住院环境中工作做好准备,以及用于未来的研究。
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Pub Date : 2024-01-01Epub Date: 2024-01-30DOI: 10.1080/00981389.2024.2304016
Jennifer C Hollenberger, Elissa E Madden
Introduction: The purpose of this systematic literature was to summarize the literature on pregnancy options counseling for women and patients who experience an unintended pregnancy across healthcare and social service settings.
Methods: We conducted a systematic literature review using the PRISMA Checklist. Following the literature search of 8 electronic databases, we used a three-stage search process to screen articles for inclusion.
Results: A total of 20 peer-reviewed articles met the inclusion criteria for this study. Half (n = 10) of the articles reviewed were empirical studies utilizing quantitative or qualitative methodology while the other half (n = 10) were conceptual or non-empirical. The articles affirmed a shared definition of pregnancy options counseling, but terminology differences were noted over time. Lastly, variations of intervention practices appeared across practice settings, with referral practice variations being the most notable.
Conclusion: Pregnancy options counseling practices varied across settings, suggesting patients who received this intervention may not have accessed equitable or ethical care.
{"title":"The practice of pregnancy options counseling in social service and healthcare settings in the United States: a systematic literature review.","authors":"Jennifer C Hollenberger, Elissa E Madden","doi":"10.1080/00981389.2024.2304016","DOIUrl":"10.1080/00981389.2024.2304016","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Introduction: </strong>The purpose of this systematic literature was to summarize the literature on pregnancy options counseling for women and patients who experience an unintended pregnancy across healthcare and social service settings.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>We conducted a systematic literature review using the PRISMA Checklist. Following the literature search of 8 electronic databases, we used a three-stage search process to screen articles for inclusion.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>A total of 20 peer-reviewed articles met the inclusion criteria for this study. Half (<i>n</i> = 10) of the articles reviewed were empirical studies utilizing quantitative or qualitative methodology while the other half (<i>n</i> = 10) were conceptual or non-empirical. The articles affirmed a shared definition of pregnancy options counseling, but terminology differences were noted over time. Lastly, variations of intervention practices appeared across practice settings, with referral practice variations being the most notable.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Pregnancy options counseling practices varied across settings, suggesting patients who received this intervention may not have accessed equitable or ethical care.</p>","PeriodicalId":47519,"journal":{"name":"Social Work in Health Care","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2024-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139576955","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}