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. 2024 Sep 27;10(19):e38592.
doi: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2024.e38592. eCollection 2024 Oct 15.

Understanding of 'person-centred care' in an oncology ICU: Associative group analysis

Yvonne Botma  1 , Hannelie Herselman  1 , Tanya Heyns  2
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Understanding of 'person-centred care' in an oncology ICU: Associative group analysis

Yvonne Botma et al. Heliyon. .

Abstract

Purpose: To describe how healthcare professionals, patients, and their significant others understand the concept of 'person-centred care' in an oncology ICU.

Methods: This study followed the associative group analysis (AGA) method, a quali-quantitative research approach.The population included healthcare professionals, their patients, and significant others in a four-bed oncology adult intensive care unit. Whole population sampling (n = 22) allowed all healthcare professionals to participate. Maximum variation purposive sampling was used to identify patients and their significant others (n = 22). Data were collected during either face-to-face or telephonic individual interviews. Free associations were weighted using a validated weighting system. Words with similar meanings were then grouped into themes. The themes were then deductively grouped according to the domains of the Person-centred Practice Framework.

Results: Participants had a limited understanding of person-centred care and could only identify six of the 23 constructs of the Person-centred Practice Framework. Healthcare professionals embraced the idea of person-centred care, but their understanding of the concept remains vague. Person-centred care remains conceptual in this oncology intensive care unit because the interpretation and operationalisation of the concept are misaligned at various health service levels.

Conclusion: Organisations should invest in work-based learning to enable staff to understand the concept of person-centred care. Healthcare workers also need to self-evaluate how they work and be able to adjust their working style to be more person-centred.

Keywords: Associated group analysis; Healthcare professionals; Patients; Person-centred practice framework; Significant others.

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The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper.

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