Sentimentos do cuidador do paciente traqueostomizado

Abstract

INTRODUCTION: In the experience of clinical practice there is great diversity of feelings and reactions by both adult patients undergoing tracheostomy as their families, especially when some of them become the caregiver, from the hospital discharge. Even though daily practice of nursing, educational activities and guidance on the management of tracheotomy, prevention of infection and other patient safety measures and how to deal with their reactions, is observed some resistance among caregivers to take care of tracheostomy, impacting negatively on patient care and in its hospital discharge process. OBJECTIVE: To identify what are the feelings of the caregiver when assisting the tracheostomy patient. METHODS: Integrative review of literature. The search was conducted in the databases MEDLINE, LILACS, SciELO and Cochrane. The sample consisted of three studies conducted in the USA, Netherlands and Italy. RESULTS: Although different studies have shown common feelings among caregivers of tracheostomy, the lack of methodological rigor and limitations of the studies, hinder its guidance for clinical practice. CONCLUSION: The literature reviews about the feelings of the caregiver during the tracheostomy care, demonstrated lack of studies on this topic. It is suggested the development of clinical research to analyze the feelings of the caregiver to tracheostomy, based on designs of the experimental type, basing the ducts for better quality of life, by both of the subject, as their caregivers.