Nurses as providers of emotional support to patients with MDR-TB.

摘要: Aim:  To identify the forms and means of emotional support that nurses provide to patients living with multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MTR-TB) in Lima, Peru. Background:  A fundamental role is support, defined as all strategies a health team employs assure psychosocial well-being patient. However, neither nor used by resource-poor settings have been much written about. This paper describes qualitative study seven working programme provides individualized MDR-TB treatment Peru. It various facilitated ability adhere despite socio-economic difficulties, social stigma, drug side effects, problems related different stages concurrent illnesses/special situations. Methods:  Qualitative methods were employed over course 8 years observe an programme. These included participant observation, structured observation sessions their focus groups nurses. Conclusion:  Through theme content analyses data, ten situations found. issues served analytical framework discuss types provided both formal informal means. type focused on treatment, stigma illness, adherence, death situations. Practice implications:  The essential nurse provider development or implementation similar programmes should, future, be taken into account.