School of Nursing and Midwifery, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran. Email:
Nursing and Midwifery School, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran. Ph.D. Candidate. Email:
Invest Educ Enferm. 2022 Oct;40(3). doi: 10.17533/udea.iee.v40n3e02.
To investigate the lived experience of family caregivers of persons with tuberculosis.
In this study, the method of hermeneutic phenomenology. Data were collected through online in-depth semi-structured interviews with nine family caregivers of TB patients. The obtained data were thematically analyzed to explain the concept of home care for TB patients through van Manen's 6-step methodology.
After the thematic analysis, three main themes of caregivers' mental distresses, quality care stasis, and facilitated care were obtained from 944 primary codes and 11 categories.
Family caregivers of these patients suffer from mental distress. This issue affects the quality and ease of caregiving for these patients. Therefore, policymakers of this area should pay attention to the family caregivers of these patients and attempt to provide support; they should try to improve their quality of life.
探讨结核病患者家属的生活体验。
本研究采用阐释现象学方法。通过对 9 名结核病患者家属的在线深入半结构化访谈收集数据。采用范梅南的 6 步方法论对所获得的数据进行主题分析,以解释对结核病患者进行家庭护理的概念。
经过主题分析,从 944 个一级代码和 11 个类别中得出了照顾者心理困扰、优质护理停滞和促进护理三个主要主题。
这些患者的家属承受着心理困扰。这个问题影响了对这些患者的护理质量和便利性。因此,该领域的政策制定者应该关注这些患者的家属,并尝试提供支持;他们应该努力提高他们的生活质量。