Status of grief counseling for medical workers from coronavirus disease 2019 designated hospitals in Wuhan / 中南大学学报(医学版)

OBJECTIVES@#To investigate the attitudes and skills of grief counseling in the front-line medical workers from coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) designated hospitals in Wuhan for the bereaved family members and to provide the basis for proper hospital management strategies.@*METHODS@#The convenience sampling method was applied to select 422 medical workers who kept touch with the bereaved family members in five COVID-19 designated hospitals in Wuhan from January to February 2020. Questionnaire regarding grief counseling attitudes and questionnaire regarding grief counseling skills were used to evaluate the attitudes and skills of grief counseling in medical workers. The scores of grief counseling attitudes and skills in group of different characteristics were further compared. Pearson correlation was used to analyze the attitudes and skills of grief counseling in medical workers.@*RESULTS@#The scores of grief counseling attitudes in medical workers were 15-46 (33.00±9.31). Length of service, professional title, whether or not receiving relevant training, frequency of contact with bereaved family members contributed to impacting the medical workers' attitudes of grief counseling (all <0.05). The scores of grief counseling skills in medical workers were 9-30 (19.30±4.42). Length of service, professional title, religion, whether or not receiving relevant training, frequency of contact with bereaved family members contributed to impacting the medical workers' skills of grief counseling (all <0.05). There was a significant positive correlation between the attitudes and skills of grief counseling in the medical workers (=0.608, <0.01).@*CONCLUSIONS@#The attitudes and skills of grief counseling in the medical workers from COVID-19 designated hospitals in Wuhan still need to be improved. Grief counseling group and a long-term, comprehensive training system are recommended.

The status of grief counseling among front-line nurses during the coronavirus disease 2019 epidemic / 第二军医大学学报

Objective To investigate the status of grief counseling among front-line nurses in Wuhan during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) epidemic, so as to provide reference for formulating reasonable nursing management strategies. Methods A total of 225 front-line nurses were investigated with a basic information questionnaire and attitudes and skills of grief counseling scales. Results A total of 214 valid questionnaires were collected, with an effective rate of 95.1%. The score of grief counseling attitudes of nurses was 32.80±9.41, which was in the middle level. Other grief counseling skills, communication ability, whether they had received relevant training, and frequency of contacting bereaved family members had significant impacts on nurses' grief counseling attitudes (P0.05). The score of grief counseling skills was 19.24±4.10, which was in the lower middle level. Grief counseling, frequency of contacting bereaved family members, grief counseling training, and education background had significant impacts on nurses' grief counseling skills (P0.05). Conclusion During the COVID-19 epidemic, there have been room for improvement in grief counseling for bereaved family members among nurses in Wuhan. It is suggested to set up a grief counseling nursing group and establish a long-term and sound training framework.

A survey of grief counseling of clinicians from coronavirus disease 2019 designated hospitals / 第二军医大学学报

Objective To investigate the current status of grief counseling of clinicians from five coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) designated hospitals in Wuhan and to provide reference for hospital management. Methods A total of 223 clinicians from designated hospitals were investigated with a basic information questionnaire and attitudes and skills of grief counseling scales. Results A total of 208 valid questionnaires were collected, with an effective rate of 93.3%. The score of grief counseling skills of clinicians from COVID-19 designated hospitals was 19.35±4.75, which was in the middle and lower level. Responsibilities and roles, and frequency of contacting bereaved family members had significant effects on the grief counseling skills (P0.01). While the score of grief counseling attitudes of clinicians was 33.21±9.23, which was in the middle level. Whether they had received relevant training, the communication ability, and other grief counseling skills had significant impacts on their grief counseling attitudes (P0.01). Conclusion The skills and attitudes of grief counseling of clinicians from COVID-19 designated hospitals in Wuhan still need to be improved. The hospital should set up a grief counseling committee, establish a complete grief guidance system and build a long-term training mechanism.

Research on status quo and development strategy of grief nursing in China / 中国实用护理杂志

Grief nursing can help bereaved people go through the sad period,reduce the occurrence of pathologic grief,which has a positive significance to the bereaved.In this paper,a summary of grief nursing status in China is performed,which based on the analysis of grief nursing problems and influencing factors.Then,finally put forward the development strategies of the grief nursing in China,in order to attract the attention of scholars and hospital management.All of these can better help the bereaved people smoothly go through the grieving period.

Analysis on the Application of Grief Counseling for Relieving Donor Family′s Grief / 中国医学伦理学

Objective:To explore the effect of grief counseling for relieving donor family′s grief. Methods:From September 2012 to February 2015, 180 families of potential organ donors, who met the class III standard of China, were invited to participate in this study. The grief score was evaluated using questionnaire before and after grief counseling. Results:All of 180 potential organ donor′s families had different level of sadness. The grief was significantly reduced after grief counseling and the score was significantly lower than before ( P<0 . 05 ) . Sixty-five cases agreed to donate organ and 60 cases succeed. Conclusion:Grief counseling for potential organ donor′s families could relieve their grief effectively. This method is beneficial for communication of organ donation and pro-moting donation career of China.