Abstract

ARRUDA, Karla Driele Alves da Silva  and  BRANCO, Andréa Batista de Andrade Castelo. Intensive care psychologist performance with ventilator weaning patient. Psicol. pesq. [online]. 2022, vol.16, n.2, pp. 1-24. ISSN 1982-1247.  http://dx.doi.org/10.34019/1982-1247.2022.v16.30476.

The ICU is an iatrogenic environment in which the patient is subject to several stressful situations, among them the process of ventilatory weaning. The objective was to analyze the psychological interventions directed to these patients. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with five hospital psychologists. The content analysis was used for the interpretation of data. The results showed the following categories: 1. Emotional and organic aspects; 2. Psychological interventions; 3. Performance with the multiprofessional team; 4. Performance with family. It is concluded that the hospital psychologist can contribute to the humanization of ICU care and reducing the patient's anxiety in this process.

Keywords : Hospital Psychology; Intensive Care Units; Respiratory tract disorders; Psychological intervention.

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