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Female patients with congestive heart failure: how they conceive their life situation
Mårtensson, Jan
Halmstad University, School of Social and Health Sciences (HOS).
1997 (Swedish)
Independent thesis Advanced level (degree of Master (One Year))
Student thesis
Abstract [sv]
Congestive heart failure (CHF) is significant health problems för women, particularly elderly women. The risk factors for heart failure appear to be different in women than in men, with hypertension and diabetes playing a greater role in women and ischaemic heart disease a greater role in men. The aim of this study was to describe, from a nurse´s perspective, how female patients with CHF conceive their life situation. Interview questions were designed with a focus on five dimensions: biophysical, socio-cultural, emotional, intellectual and spiritual-existential. A qualitative method was used with a phenographic approach, as this approach examines aspects of the surroundings as they are conceived. Five categories emerged in the results: feeling content, feeling a sense of support, feeling a sense of limitation, feeling anxiety and feeling powerless. A sense of limitation regarding working capacity and being able to support those in their surrondings causes patient with CHF to experience anxiety due feeling insecure ablut themselves and in relation to their surroundings. This may result in feelings of worthlessness in women with CHF, both concerning their own capacity and the fact they feel they are a burden to those around them. Through nursing intervention, these patients can receive help to break help this vicious circle of feeling limited and powerless. This can be done by encouraging them to verbalize their feelings and set realistic goals and expections, and by increasing their knowledge and that of their families concerning CHF and its symptoms, with a focus on self-care and existing possibilities. These measures will make it easier for women with CHF to maintain a hopeful perspective and a sense of control, competence, and selfesteem.
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1997.
Keywords [sv]
congestive heart failure, women, conception, life situation, phenomenography, elderly
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urn:nbn:se:hh:diva-10413
Local ID: U5295
OAI: oai:DiVA.org:hh-10413
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Medicine
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