Psychosocial Implications of Patients with Tracheostomy - a Suggestive Example of Interdisciplinarity

Authors

  • Daniela Stan PhD student of the University „Dunărea de Jos” - Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy Galați, Romania
  • Maria-Daniela Tuta „Sfântul Apostol Andrei” Emergency Clinical Hospital Galați, Romania - ENT Clinic
  • Alin Laurentiu Tatu Clinical Hospital for Infectious Diseases "Saint Pious Parascheva" Galati - Dermatology Department; Professor “Dunărea de Jos” University, Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy, Medical Clinical Department - Dermatology Galați, Romania

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.18662/brain/12.2/208

Keywords:

tracheostomy care, psychological impairment, psychotherapy, multidisciplinary team

Abstract

Performed urgently or out of necessity, tracheostomy is one of the most traumatic surgeries that seriously affects the patient's quality of life. It has a profound impact on the ability to communicate and on self-esteem, so that the patient can experience a storm of emotions and major changes that can affect their existence.

The patient with tracheostomy is a special patient with special needs. The care of such a patient involves a constant multidisciplinary effort supported by specialists in many fields: ENT specialists, oncologists, radiotherapists, anesthetists, neurosurgeons, general surgeons, physiotherapists, speech therapists, nutritionists especially psychotherapists.

Tracheostomy affects the basic needs of the individual: communication, nutrition, sexuality, social relationships.

Numerous studies show that patients with tracheostomy show a high level of psychological distress. Depression, anxiety, low self-esteem, frustration, alienation, isolation, tendency to suicide are the negative consequences of this mutilating surgery.

Perceived as a permanent disability, tracheostomy requires special care from a psychological point of view.

Sometimes, however, it is observed that both patients and their families are not sufficiently informed about the management of tracheostomy. Due to lack of means or staff, not enough emphasis is placed on preoperative training so that the patient fully understands both the benefits  and the disadvantages of this surgical technique. Therefore, often the patient's family, which later assumes the role of caregivers of the tracheotomized, perceives it as a burden, excessive fatigue, helplessness,  abandonment from society.

This paper aims to highlight the importance of pre- and postoperative psychological training of both the patient and his family and to demonstrate that tracheostomy care can be one of the most suggestive examples of interdisciplinarity that seeks to provide effective solutions in this regard.

Author Biographies

Daniela Stan, PhD student of the University „Dunărea de Jos” - Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy Galați, Romania

„Sfântul Apostol Andrei” Emergency Clinical Hospital Galați, Romania - ENT Clinic
PhD student of the University „Dunărea de Jos” - Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy Galați, Romania

Maria-Daniela Tuta, „Sfântul Apostol Andrei” Emergency Clinical Hospital Galați, Romania - ENT Clinic

„Sfântul Apostol Andrei” Emergency Clinical Hospital Galați, Romania - ENT Clinic

Alin Laurentiu Tatu, Clinical Hospital for Infectious Diseases "Saint Pious Parascheva" Galati - Dermatology Department; Professor “Dunărea de Jos” University, Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy, Medical Clinical Department - Dermatology Galați, Romania

Clinical Hospital for Infectious Diseases "Saint Pious Parascheva" Galati - Dermatology Department; Professor “Dunărea de Jos” University, Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy, Medical Clinical Department - Dermatology Galați, Romania

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2021-07-19

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Stan, D. ., Tuta, M.-D. ., & Tatu, A. L. . (2021). Psychosocial Implications of Patients with Tracheostomy - a Suggestive Example of Interdisciplinarity. BRAIN. Broad Research in Artificial Intelligence and Neuroscience, 12(2), 308-321. https://doi.org/10.18662/brain/12.2/208

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