Psychiatric Nursing Department, Hacettepe University Faculty of Nursing, Ankara, Turkey.
Public Health Nursing Department, Hacettepe University Faculty of Nursing, Ankara, Turkey.
Nurs Health Sci. 2020 Jun;22(2):472-479. doi: 10.1111/nhs.12715. Epub 2020 Apr 21.
This study aimed to describe, interpret, and understand the phenomenon of ego integrity among nursing home residents using a descriptive phenomenological approach. Data were collected by conducting in-depth face-to-face interviews with 18 nursing home residents with the aid of a pilot-tested semi-structured interview guide. The authors followed a systematic analytic procedure. Key themes and subthemes emerged when the codes were combined. The responses of the residents were classified under three themes: (i) existential well-being, (ii) future expectations, and (iii) regrets regarding past life stages. The results underscored the important role of ego integrity in structuring one's life in the later years. A lack of ego integrity had resulted in negative perceptions of life, a lack of future plans, and existential suffering. The findings underscore the importance of assessing ongoing temporal changes in the ego integrity of nursing home residents and providing effective programs that enhance their sense of ego integrity.
本研究旨在采用描述现象学方法，描述、解释和理解养老院居民的自我完整现象。通过对 18 名养老院居民进行深入的面对面访谈，借助经过预试验的半结构化访谈指南收集数据。作者遵循系统的分析程序。当组合这些代码时，出现了主要主题和子主题。居民的回答分为三个主题：（i）存在幸福感，（ii）对未来的期望，以及（iii）对过去生活阶段的遗憾。研究结果强调了自我完整在构建晚年生活中的重要作用。缺乏自我完整导致对生活的负面看法、缺乏未来计划和存在主义痛苦。这些发现强调了评估养老院居民自我完整的持续时间变化并提供增强其自我完整感的有效计划的重要性。
