Caregivers' psychological suffering and posttraumatic growth after patient death

Eunmi Lee; Yujeong Kim

doi:10.1111/ppc.12693

Caregivers' psychological suffering and posttraumatic growth after patient death

Eunmi Lee, Yujeong Kim

Department of Nursing

Hoseo University

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Purpose: This study aimed to identify the association between caregivers' psychological suffering and posttraumatic growth (PTG) after patient death. Design and Methods: Participants were a total of 254 caregivers, including nurses, nursing assistants, social workers, and care workers. Findings: Higher psychological suffering, in terms of expanding self-consciousness, change of values, and spiritual sublimation, had a positive correlation with PTG. For nurses and nursing assistants, the change of values and spiritual sublimation had a positive correlation with PTG. For social workers, the higher self-consciousness was associated with greater PTG. For care workers, the expanded self-consciousness and lower helplessness had a positive correlation with PTG. Practice Implications: These findings will serve as a basis for the development of supportive programs to assist caregivers in improving PTG after patient death.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1323-1330
Number of pages	8
Journal	Perspectives in Psychiatric Care
Volume	57
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1111/ppc.12693
State	Published - Jul 2021

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caregivers
death
posttraumatic growth

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