CONCEPT ANALYISIS

Abstract

The is an examination of anxiety as a concept . This report began with a definition of the concept and some statistics surrounding the prevalence of anxiety among patients . Thereafter , the looked at observational traits of the disease . Thereafter , it was necessary to look at its occurrence in three different case studies i .e . a typical case study with no other medical conditions , a contrary case study with other medical conditions and bline case study where an individual registered two types of anxiety diss . This will be useful in nursing education

because it will contribute towards concept analysis it will be insightful in research and management because it will provide new information about how to handle different conditions of the dis

Introduction

A Definition and background

Anxiety is a condition in which an individual is in a constant state of worry or is always nervous regardless of normal actions . This state of anxiety eventually leads to anxiety diss which are then regarded as emotional or psychological health conditions

Anxiety and anxiety related diss are one of the most common mental reasons for seeing medical professionals today . This is why recent statistics indicate that about a quarter of the country 's population have exhibited symptoms of anxiety diss . It is a worrying trend for nursing practitioners specifically and for the medical profession in general because it signifies serious mental health problems (Hayes Strosahl , 2004

One of the major reasons for these excessive occurrences is that society 's demands have changed . Today 's working environment is more demanding than ever before . Relationships are becoming increasingly difficult to maintain thus serving as fertile ground for propagating anxiety . Anxiety may occur in various forms . Sometimes , it may be exhibited as a mild case , in other scenarios it can progress to become severe and can impede one 's day to day life . Anxiety usually manifests itself in the form of a series of diss most of which include phobias , generalized anxiety dis , post traumatic stress dis obsessive compulsive dis and separation anxiety dis . Some of the latter mentioned forms exhibit more or less the same symptoms Consequently , one can deal with them as distinct groups

B Purpose of the analysis

The purpose of the analysis is to demystify anxiety as a clinical disease . The research will give some insights into various features of the concept . It will also examine the consequences of anxiety on patients . These will all be analyzed though the use of typical cases non-typical cases and cases that lies in between . Additionally , the empirical referents relating to this concept (anxiety ) will be examined in greater detail

Literature review

Fox (2001 ) asserts that the major characteristics in almost all persons who suffer from anxiety is the existence of fear . All individuals are faced with fear at one point or another in their lives . However , those who are controlled by it are said to be suffering from anxiety or anxiety diss (Craske and Barlow , 2003 ) This fear is so intense that...