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dc.contributor.authorRaupach-Rosin, H
dc.contributor.authorKlett-Tammen, C J
dc.contributor.authorSchmalz, O
dc.contributor.authorKarch, A
dc.contributor.authorCastell, S
dc.contributor.authorMikolajczyk, Rafael T
dc.date.accessioned2018-02-19T15:14:45Z
dc.date.available2018-02-19T15:14:45Z
dc.date.issued2016-12
dc.identifier.citation["I cannot kiss my wife"- An Analysis of Daily Experiences of MRSA-carriers]. 2016, 78 (12):822-827 Gesundheitswesenen
dc.identifier.issn1439-4421
dc.identifier.pmid26551853
dc.identifier.doi10.1055/s-0035-1559710
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10033/621286
dc.description.abstractObjectives: There are no data available on the quality of care after discharge from hospital and only limited data are available on the psychosocial effects of being an MRSA carrier within the German health system.Methods:Patients who tested positive for MRSA in the previous year were invited to take part in focus groups.Results:2 focus groups with a total of 9 MRSA-carriers were conducted. The level of knowledge about MRSA differed between participants. In some cases, lack of information led to uncertainty and inappropriate measures to counteract MRSA. Some participants restricted their social contacts, especially to children, in order to prevent transmission. Patients experienced stigmatization in the health care system more often in inpatient care than in the outpatient sector. Only in a few cases both eradication therapy and swabs for control purposes were carried out.Conclusions:Information about the appropriate treatment and management of MRSA should be made available to patients more easily; in particular, patients need to be informed that MRSA is no threat to healthy individuals. Despite the desire of MRSA-carriers to become MRSA negative, treatment and control of MRSA seem to have low priority in the ambulant health care sector in Germany.
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dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/*
dc.subject.meshActivities of Daily Livingen
dc.subject.meshAdulten
dc.subject.meshCarrier Stateen
dc.subject.meshFemaleen
dc.subject.meshFocus Groupsen
dc.subject.meshGermanyen
dc.subject.meshHealth Services Accessibilityen
dc.subject.meshHumansen
dc.subject.meshMaleen
dc.subject.meshMethicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureusen
dc.subject.meshMiddle Ageden
dc.subject.meshSocial Isolationen
dc.subject.meshStaphylococcal Infectionsen
dc.subject.meshStereotypingen
dc.title["I cannot kiss my wife"- An Analysis of Daily Experiences of MRSA-carriers].en
dc.typeArticleen
dc.contributor.departmentHelmholtz-Zentrum für Infektionsforschung GmbH, Inhoffenstr. 7, 38124 Braunschweig, Germany.en
dc.identifier.journalGesundheitswesen (Bundesverband der Arzte des Offentlichen Gesundheitsdienstes (Germany))en
refterms.dateFOA2018-06-12T17:36:20Z
html.description.abstractObjectives: There are no data available on the quality of care after discharge from hospital and only limited data are available on the psychosocial effects of being an MRSA carrier within the German health system.Methods:Patients who tested positive for MRSA in the previous year were invited to take part in focus groups.Results:2 focus groups with a total of 9 MRSA-carriers were conducted. The level of knowledge about MRSA differed between participants. In some cases, lack of information led to uncertainty and inappropriate measures to counteract MRSA. Some participants restricted their social contacts, especially to children, in order to prevent transmission. Patients experienced stigmatization in the health care system more often in inpatient care than in the outpatient sector. Only in a few cases both eradication therapy and swabs for control purposes were carried out.Conclusions:Information about the appropriate treatment and management of MRSA should be made available to patients more easily; in particular, patients need to be informed that MRSA is no threat to healthy individuals. Despite the desire of MRSA-carriers to become MRSA negative, treatment and control of MRSA seem to have low priority in the ambulant health care sector in Germany.


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