Patients' perspectives of healthcare-associated infection: 'you don't know what impacts it will have on your life'.

Mitchell, BG; Northcote, M; Rickett, C; Russo, PL; Amin, M; De Sousa, F; Pearce, K; Sim, J; Curryer, C

Patients' perspectives of healthcare-associated infection: 'you don't know what impacts it will have on your life'.

Mitchell, BG Northcote, M Rickett, C Russo, PL Amin, M De Sousa, F Pearce, K Sim, J

Curryer, C

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Citation:: J Hosp Infect, 2022, 126, pp. 93-102
Issue Date:: 2022-08

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dc.contributor.author	Mitchell, BG
dc.contributor.author	Northcote, M
dc.contributor.author	Rickett, C
dc.contributor.author	Russo, PL
dc.contributor.author	Amin, M
dc.contributor.author	De Sousa, F
dc.contributor.author	Pearce, K
dc.contributor.author	Sim, J https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6863-0541
dc.contributor.author	Curryer, C
dc.date.accessioned	2023-04-18T23:21:26Z
dc.date.available	2022-04-29
dc.date.available	2023-04-18T23:21:26Z
dc.date.issued	2022-08
dc.identifier.citation	J Hosp Infect, 2022, 126, pp. 93-102
dc.identifier.issn	0195-6701
dc.identifier.issn	1532-2939
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/169973
dc.description.abstract	BACKGROUND: Healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) are not present on admission but are contracted while a patient is undergoing hospital treatment. While the prevalence of HAIs, and their causes and treatments have been researched in various contexts to date, patients' perspectives of contracting and living with the consequences of an HAI remain under-researched. OBJECTIVE: To explore patients' experiences of having an HAI. METHODS: A qualitative phenomenological study that drew on data from semi-structured interviews was conducted in order to explore the lived experiences of patients who had recently contracted an HAI while in hospital. Participants were recruited from two Australian hospitals in 2019 and 2021. Telephone interviews were conducted with 10 participants by two research team members, and transcripts from these interviews were analysed qualitatively using a thematic coding process to identify the patients' perspectives of contracting an HAI. RESULTS: The participants had a range of different HAIs. The participants described how the experience of having an HAI can be very isolating and distressing from the patient's perspective, with life-long implications. This contributes to understanding of the way in which patients are impacted emotionally and mentally as a result of contracting an HAI. CONCLUSION: There is a need for improved, person-centred communication about the source, treatment and prognosis of HAIs. The findings from this study indicate the importance of considering patients' voices in their own health care.
dc.format	Print-Electronic
dc.language	eng
dc.publisher	Elsevier
dc.relation.ispartof	J Hosp Infect
dc.relation.isbasedon	10.1016/j.jhin.2022.04.014
dc.rights	info:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccess
dc.subject	1103 Clinical Sciences, 1117 Public Health and Health Services
dc.subject.classification	Epidemiology
dc.subject.mesh	Australia
dc.subject.mesh	Communication
dc.subject.mesh	Cross Infection
dc.subject.mesh	Delivery of Health Care
dc.subject.mesh	Hospitals
dc.subject.mesh	Humans
dc.subject.mesh	Qualitative Research
dc.subject.mesh	Humans
dc.subject.mesh	Cross Infection
dc.subject.mesh	Communication
dc.subject.mesh	Qualitative Research
dc.subject.mesh	Hospitals
dc.subject.mesh	Delivery of Health Care
dc.subject.mesh	Australia
dc.subject.mesh	Australia
dc.subject.mesh	Communication
dc.subject.mesh	Cross Infection
dc.subject.mesh	Delivery of Health Care
dc.subject.mesh	Hospitals
dc.subject.mesh	Humans
dc.subject.mesh	Qualitative Research
dc.title	Patients' perspectives of healthcare-associated infection: 'you don't know what impacts it will have on your life'.
dc.type	Journal Article
utslib.citation.volume	126
utslib.location.activity	England
utslib.for	1103 Clinical Sciences
utslib.for	1117 Public Health and Health Services
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Health
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Health/WHO Collaborating Centre
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dc.date.updated	2023-04-18T23:21:25Z
pubs.publication-status	Published
pubs.volume	126

Abstract:

BACKGROUND: Healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) are not present on admission but are contracted while a patient is undergoing hospital treatment. While the prevalence of HAIs, and their causes and treatments have been researched in various contexts to date, patients' perspectives of contracting and living with the consequences of an HAI remain under-researched. OBJECTIVE: To explore patients' experiences of having an HAI. METHODS: A qualitative phenomenological study that drew on data from semi-structured interviews was conducted in order to explore the lived experiences of patients who had recently contracted an HAI while in hospital. Participants were recruited from two Australian hospitals in 2019 and 2021. Telephone interviews were conducted with 10 participants by two research team members, and transcripts from these interviews were analysed qualitatively using a thematic coding process to identify the patients' perspectives of contracting an HAI. RESULTS: The participants had a range of different HAIs. The participants described how the experience of having an HAI can be very isolating and distressing from the patient's perspective, with life-long implications. This contributes to understanding of the way in which patients are impacted emotionally and mentally as a result of contracting an HAI. CONCLUSION: There is a need for improved, person-centred communication about the source, treatment and prognosis of HAIs. The findings from this study indicate the importance of considering patients' voices in their own health care.

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