Biopsychosocial Needs and Awareness of Patients with Deep Venous Thrombosis

Abstract

enous thromboembolic disease (VTE) is a term, including deep venous thrombosis (DVT) and pulmonary embolism (PE). It is the third most common cardiovascular disease in the Western world, occurring in about 0.1% of people every year. Venous thromboembolism represents an important source of mortality and morbidity. It is a major public health problem impacting 600,000 people and causing 100,000 deaths annually (Antony et al., 2016). The biopsychosocial needs are a comprehensive, integrative framework for understanding human development, health, functioning and helping in anticipating problems that facing patients in medical care. Nurses are in a unique position in all health care settings to educate patients and the public to prevent and provide early detection for this devastating complication (Kusnanto et al., 2018 and Lavall & Costello, 2015).