Department of Fundamental Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Universitas Airlangga, Surabaya, East Java, Indonesia.
Division of Nursing, Midwifery and Social Work, School of Health Sciences, The University of Manchester, Manchester, UK.
Int J Older People Nurs. 2024 Sep;19(5):e12640. doi: 10.1111/opn.12640.
Despite the growing knowledge of people's vulnerability following natural disasters, the perspective of older people has received limited attention. This study aimed to explore the perceptions and experiences of older people encountering the 2018 Lombok earthquakes.
This exploratory qualitative study involved 16 older people living in one of the villages most affected by the 2018 earthquakes in Lombok Island, Nusa Tenggara Barat, Indonesia. The data were collected in June 2019 using semi-structured interviews. Participants' responses were digitally recorded and transcribed verbatim for analysis. The data were analysed using qualitative content analysis managed in NVivo.
From older people's perspectives, three themes were generated: surviving the disaster, dealing with life changes and navigating through challenges and hope. Each theme comprised two categories, which reflected the journey of older people from the early to the later phase of the disaster.
Older people experienced critical conditions and difficulties both physically and mentally. They also experienced various emotional responses before accepting living situations following a disaster. Nurses should play a role in fulfilling the physical and mental health needs of older people in post-disaster conditions.
This study can inform nurses and other key stakeholders about the needs of older people during and after natural disasters. Nurses need to be equipped with the skills and abilities to identify and meet the needs of older people in difficult situations and with limited resources.
尽管人们对自然灾害后易受伤害的认识不断提高，但老年人的观点却受到了有限的关注。本研究旨在探讨老年人在遭遇 2018 年龙目岛地震时的看法和体验。
这是一项探索性的定性研究，涉及印度尼西亚西努沙登加拉省龙目岛上的一个受 2018 年地震影响最严重的村庄中的 16 位老年人。数据于 2019 年 6 月通过半结构化访谈收集。参与者的回答以数字方式记录并逐字转录以供分析。使用 NVivo 管理的定性内容分析对数据进行分析。
从老年人的角度来看，生成了三个主题：在灾难中幸存、应对生活变化以及应对挑战和希望。每个主题都包含两个类别，反映了老年人从灾难早期到后期的历程。
老年人在身体和精神上都经历了严峻的条件和困难。他们在接受灾难后的生活状况之前，还经历了各种情绪反应。护士应在满足灾难后老年人身心健康需求方面发挥作用。
本研究可以为护士和其他利益相关者提供有关自然灾害期间和之后老年人需求的信息。护士需要具备识别和满足困难环境中老年人需求的技能和能力，同时资源有限。
