Betydelsefulla faktorer för upplevelsen av livskvalité efter att ha överlevt ett plötsligt hjärtstopp : En deskriptiv litteraturstudie

Sammanfattning: Background: Through medical research and practice it's possible to save many of the lives of those who suffered from a cardiac arrest. After this trauma the work begin to regain the person’s quality of life, a complex and central process for nurses and other healthcare professionals as well as for the person affected. Aim: To describe factors that's important for how people experience their quality of life after surviving a cardiac arrest, also to investigating selected data collection methods in included articles. Method: A descriptive literature study. The searches resulted in 12 articles that underlie the results. Main Results: The quality of life is strongly threatened in this patient group. Factors that have been shown to be important for the quality of life is cognitive recovering, mental, emotional and spiritual well-being and independence in ADL/IADL. Also minor factors that were not as frequent recurring were described. The person's previous life quality and history of illness/health, ability to return to work, autonomy, partnership, initial heart rhythm and the treatment of hypothermia. The data collection methods was interviews, surveys, journal data and other data. Conclusion: It reveals that a cardiac arrest often affect the person’s quality of life negative. The literature presents a variety of factors that are described as important for the quality of life, how they are interrelated to each other and how the factors together create new experiences of quality of life. It’s clear that nurses has good potential for influence.