Department of Nursing, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Tehran Medical Sciences, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran.
Int J Community Based Nurs Midwifery. 2022 Oct;10(4):269-278. doi: 10.30476/IJCBNM.2022.94489.1997.
Stroke is a significant and unpredictable event that affects physical and mental functions. A useful approach to returning to a normal life is to seek out health information. This study aimed to explore the experiences from health information seeking in the stroke survivors and their family caregivers.
This study was carried out using qualitative content analysis. Participants included five stroke survivors and fifteen family caregivers who were selected purposively from the Rofideh Rehabilitation Center and private physiotherapy centers in Tehran. Data were collected from semi-structured interviews. Data analysis was performed using Graneheim and Lundman's method manually in Word software. Sampling was carried out in 2021.
Two main categories were extracted 1): adapting and learning resulting from awareness including optimization of living environment and disease management, and 2) fear and inquietude on the information way including confused and insolvent in receiving information, and doubts about the accuracy of information.
The health information seeking created adaptability and relative stability in some stroke survivors and their family caregivers. However, in others, there was still a sense of anxiety and uncertainty. Thus, understanding health information seeking experiences helps health policymakers and administrators to provide information and training based on evidence and individual needs of the client and family.
中风是一种严重且不可预测的事件，会影响身体和心理功能。寻求健康信息是恢复正常生活的一种有效方法。本研究旨在探讨中风幸存者及其家庭照顾者在健康信息寻求方面的体验。
本研究采用定性内容分析法进行。参与者包括 5 名中风幸存者和 15 名家庭照顾者，他们是从德黑兰的罗菲德康复中心和私人物理治疗中心有目的地选择的。数据来自半结构化访谈。使用 Graneheim 和 Lundman 的方法在 Word 软件中手动进行数据分析。抽样于 2021 年进行。
提取出两个主要类别：1）意识引起的适应和学习，包括优化生活环境和疾病管理，2）信息途径引起的恐惧和不安，包括信息接收混乱和无力，以及对信息准确性的怀疑。
健康信息寻求为一些中风幸存者及其家庭照顾者创造了适应性和相对稳定性。然而，在其他人中，仍然存在焦虑和不确定性。因此，了解健康信息寻求体验有助于卫生政策制定者和管理者根据证据和客户及家庭的个体需求提供信息和培训。
