Chatrung Chutikarn, Sorajjakool Siroj, Amnatsatsue Kwanjai
Department of Public Health Nursing, Faculty of Public Health, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand.
School of Religion, Loma Linda University, Loma Linda, CA, 92350, USA.
J Relig Health. 2015 Dec;54(6):2198-211. doi: 10.1007/s10943-014-9958-4.
This qualitative research is based on eight Thai participants living with chronic kidney disease living in Southern California. Four emerging themes are (a) wellness, (b) self-care, (c) impact of illness on life, and (d) religious coping. Family relations, social support, and religious coping affected self-care and how they managed their everyday activities. Knowledge about the disease and its mechanism were crucial to the decision-making process in relation to self-care. Good self-care and appropriate self-management led to wellness and improved quality of life. Religion provided a belief system focusing on the place of acceptance that was essential for coping with emotional stressors.
这项定性研究基于居住在南加州的八名患有慢性肾病的泰国参与者。出现了四个新主题：（a）健康，（b）自我护理，（c）疾病对生活的影响，以及（d）宗教应对。家庭关系、社会支持和宗教应对影响了自我护理以及他们管理日常活动的方式。关于疾病及其机制的知识对于自我护理的决策过程至关重要。良好的自我护理和适当的自我管理带来了健康并改善了生活质量。宗教提供了一个专注于接纳的信仰体系，这对于应对情绪压力源至关重要。
