TY - JOUR
T1 - Percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy placement
T2 - Caregiver decision making in Taiwan
AU - Yeh, Lily
AU - Fetzer, Susan J.
AU - Chen, Shu Yin
AU - Lu, Feng Hwa
AU - Chuang, Chiao Hsiung
AU - Chen, Ching Huey
N1 - Funding Information:
The authors wish to acknowledge the study participants for generously sharing their experiences of PEG decision making. Heartfelt gratitude goes to Jui-Ying Feng, a special friend who provided encouragement and helped in manuscript editing. Effort on this study was supported by National Science Institute ( NSC 96-2714-B-006-075 MY3 ).
PY - 2013/2
Y1 - 2013/2
N2 - Background/Purpose: To explore Taiwanese caregivers' decision making experiences of accepting a percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy tube for their family member. Methods: A phenomenological approach was used for the interview and analysis. Semi-structured, in-depth interviews were conducted with a purposive sample of 26 caregivers of patients who had percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy tube in southern Taiwan. Results: Five themes were recognized to reflect caregivers' decision making experiences with a percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy: awareness of suffering, awareness of options, uncertainty, opportunity, and contentment with the decision. Conclusion: Caregivers' decisions to proceed with a percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy procedure were mediated by desires to relieve patients' suffering. To empower caregivers to make enteral feeding decisions, nurses must provide sufficient information about percutaneous gastrostomy tubes and their care, support decision making and help to identify an opportunity for gastrostomy tube placement.
AB - Background/Purpose: To explore Taiwanese caregivers' decision making experiences of accepting a percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy tube for their family member. Methods: A phenomenological approach was used for the interview and analysis. Semi-structured, in-depth interviews were conducted with a purposive sample of 26 caregivers of patients who had percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy tube in southern Taiwan. Results: Five themes were recognized to reflect caregivers' decision making experiences with a percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy: awareness of suffering, awareness of options, uncertainty, opportunity, and contentment with the decision. Conclusion: Caregivers' decisions to proceed with a percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy procedure were mediated by desires to relieve patients' suffering. To empower caregivers to make enteral feeding decisions, nurses must provide sufficient information about percutaneous gastrostomy tubes and their care, support decision making and help to identify an opportunity for gastrostomy tube placement.
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U2 - 10.1016/j.jfma.2012.04.002
DO - 10.1016/j.jfma.2012.04.002
M3 - Article
C2 - 23380612
AN - SCOPUS:84873251824
SN - 0929-6646
VL - 112
SP - 99
EP - 104
JO - Journal of the Formosan Medical Association
JF - Journal of the Formosan Medical Association
IS - 2
ER -