Waiting Time Facilitators from Viewpoint of Family Members of Patients Undergoing Surgery: A Qualitative Study

T. Sadeghi[1], N. Dehghan nayeri[2], A. Abbaszadeh[3]

Received: 24/12/2014      Sent for Revision: 27/01/2015      Received Revised Manuscript: 13/04/2015     Accepted: 15/04/2015

Background and Objective: The surgical waiting area is that place where families and friends await news concerning their patient who is undergoing surgery; they spend hours wondering and worrying. This study aimed to explain factors that facilitate waiting time according to experience of family members of patients undergoing surgery.

Materials and Methods: This is a qualitative research. Participants were 17 from family members of patients undergoing surgery, they were selected by purposeful and theoretical sampling. Semi-structured interviews were performed for data collection and data were analyzed using content analysis approach.

Results: During analysis 2 themes and 5 subthemes emerged. They included: support [“family support”, “personnel support”], satisfaction [“attention and personnel accountability”, “skill of medical team” and “nursing care”].

Conclusion: These findings of the present study could help nurses for better and holistic care services.

Keywords: Waiting, Surgery, Family members, Facilitators, Qualitative study

Funding: This research was funded by Kerman University of Medical Sciences.

Conflict of interest: None declared.

Ethical approval: The Ethics Committee of  Kerman University of Medical Sciences approved the study.

How to cite this article: Sadeghi T, Dehghan nayeri N, Abbaszadeh A.. Waiting Time Facilitators from Viewpoint of Family Members of Patients Undergoing Surgery:A Qualitative Study. J RafsanjanUniv Med Sci 2014; 14(3): 199-210. [Farsi]