Patienters erfarenheter av stödet inom primärvården vid depression

: En allmän litteraturstudie

Abstract

Background: Mental illness in the form of depression is increasing in society. Depression can be difficult to get out of on your own and the risk of worsening symptoms increases the longer time goes by. Symptoms that patients experience include feeling sad/down, irritation and hopelessness about the future. Many patients turn primarily to primary care, which means that primary care needs the right conditions to provide support for these patients. Aim: Within primary care, describe patients' experiences of support for depression. Method: General literature study based on eleven qualitative and two quantitative articles. A search was made in the databases Cinhal, Pubmed and Psycinfo. Review of the articles was done with the support of HKR's review templates. The analysis was based on Friberg's five-step model. Result: Six subcategories and three main categories "available support", "concrete advice and tools" and "the nurse's role" emerged. Patients were in need of long-term support, that the healthcare system put more focus on mental health and support that was adapted based on the patient's needs and wishes. Discussion: The method discussion was based on Shenton's concept of credibility: reliability, verifiability, dependability and transferability. Three main findings emerged, which were "stigma and healthcare with too little focus on mental health - major barriers that prevent support for depression", "long-term, easily accessible support can help
patients manage their depression and reduce the burden on healthcare" and "a good relationship with the nurse and teamwork can improve the conditions for patients with depression to be given good support". The result is discussed based on Virginia Henderson's nursing theory.

Date of Award	2022-Dec
Original language	Swedish
Supervisor	Lena Bjerström (Supervisor) & Marie Rask (Examiner)