Abstract
The purpose of this integrative literature review is to describe existing research knowledge on short-term counselling of patients and family members undergoing acute health change. The data consisted of 25 research articles and five literature reviews from the years 2003-2015, analysed using inductive content analysis. The research knowledge was found to describe elements of good patient counselling, satisfaction with the elements of good patient counselling, developing the elements of good patient counselling and impact of the patient counselling elements. Focussing on the patient’s individual life situation, use of multiple counselling methods and provision of information in good interaction contribute to high quality patient counselling. Some patients and family members were satisfied with the patient counselling elements while others expressed needs for the development of the elements. The conflicting results indicate a need to develop a uniform, systematic patient counselling method, with special attention paid on the quality of counselling.
Highlights
The purpose of this integrative literature review is to describe existing research knowledge on short-term counselling of patients and family members undergoing acute health change
This study uses the preceding events. Patients and their family members may more comprehensive term patient counselling throughout the face a crisis imbued with mixed emotions and expectations.[1] text, even when referring to studies, which have employed
Ask questions, correct misunderstandings and receive support and they can be used as a basis for further research or develfrom nursing staff.[7]. In this integrative literature review, the term short-term pa- 2.1 Database search and choice of articles tient and family counselling refers to a contact of limited Data search was performed with assistance from an informaduration between nursing staff, patients and their family tion specialist using the databases Melinda, Medic, Cinahl, members
Summary
Sional activity or process, but there are no single commonly agreed definitions. The concepts are used parallelly and syn-. Components in high quality patient counselling include the nurse’s professional responsibility, the patient’s and nurse’s background factors, their interactive relationship, active and goal-oriented activity, as well as the resources, adequacy and impact of counselling.[4] High quality counselling has been found to promote patients’ health, for example by improving their functional capacity, life quality, commitment to care, coping at home and independent decision-making. It can decrease anxiety,[5,6] depression and loneliness and help clients to better understand and remember information related to their care.[7]. Number of factors, for example by the client’s ability to assimilate information and by the goal defined for counselling
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