@article{Corona-Lobos:3341,
      recid = {3341},
      author = {Corona-Lobos, Lina and Boivin, Christine and Harduin,  Muriel},
      title = {Psychosocial Factors Associated with Hospital-to-Home  Transitions of Older People : a Review},
      journal = {Journal of Nursing  Care},
      address = {2018-01},
      number = {ARTICLE},
      pages = {8 p.},
      abstract = {Background: Hospital-to-home transitions are periods of  vulnerability for older people and their caregivers.  Furthermore, few studies have looked thoroughly into the  psychosocial factors influencing these transitions. Nurses  must understand those factors well in order to provide  effective care during transitions.
Objectives: To explore  the psychosocial factors associated with the  hospital-to-home transitions of older people, and to  describe how they influence those transitions.
Methods: We  made a literature search of seven electronic databases for  qualitative articles published from 2000-2017 and focusing  on the psychosocial factors related to the hospital-to-home  transitions of older people discharged from acute care  hospitals. Data were synthesized using a thematic  synthesis.
Results: Eight articles met the review’s  inclusion/exclusion criteria. Six significant psychosocial  factors emerged from the thematic synthesis:  Self-management of activities of daily living, informal  support, and formal support, participation in discharge  planning, living alone, and social participation. The  factors emerged mainly after discharge and could either  facilitate transitions via positive influences (e.g.,  patients’ feelings of safety, and independence in  activities of daily living) or hinder them via negative  influences (e.g., patient anxiety, poor adherence to  medication, emotional burden on the caregiver,  discontinuity in the activities of daily living and care,  and risk of rehospitalization).
Conclusion: The influences  of psychosocial factors can be associated with patient  health and continuity in the activities of daily living and  care. Integrating the evaluations of both patients and  caregivers to identify needs or problems related to medical  and psychosocial factors in transitional care seems  essential for facilitating those transitions.},
      url = {http://arodes.hes-so.ch/record/3341},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.4172/2167-1168.1000466},
}