腦瘤患者手術前焦慮之照護

Caring for Preoperative Anxiety of Patients with Brain Tumor

本文主要目的是探討腦瘤患者手術前的焦慮來源及護理措施的重點，首先藉由文獻查証探討焦慮的概念，再與五位腦瘤手術前之病患進行訪談，將所獲得的臨床行為紀錄結果應用焦慮概念做一實務性的案例分析，結果發現腦瘤手術病患，最常見的術前焦慮來源依序為：擔心身體心像改變、擔心術後環境、擔心症狀能否改善、害怕死亡、擔心開刀預後，上述結果可提供臨床照護之參考及運用。

The aim of this article was to explore the sources of preoperative anxiety and effective nursing interventions for patient with brain tumor. The concept of anxiety was based on literature review. Five patients with brain tumor were interviewed before surgery. Five common sources of preoperative anxiety in patients with brain tumor were: worry about the body image change; worry about the postoperative environment; worry about the symptoms persist; fear of death; and worry about the disease prognosis. The results of this study can be applied to clinical nursing care.