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Emotions, the meaning of food and heart failure: a grounded theory study
Halmstad University, School of Health and Welfare, Centre of Research on Welfare, Health and Sport (CVHI), Group for Research on health promotion and disease prevention.
Halmstad University, School of Health and Welfare, Centre of Research on Welfare, Health and Sport (CVHI), Group for Research on health promotion and disease prevention.
Halmstad University, School of Social and Health Sciences (HOS).
Halmstad University, School of Social and Health Sciences (HOS).
2004 (English)In: Journal of Advanced Nursing, ISSN 0309-2402, E-ISSN 1365-2648, Vol. 46, no 5, p. 514-522Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]

Background:

Many patients with heart failure have generalized wasting, referred to as cardiac cachexia. This leads to skeletal muscle wasting, impaired mobility, reduced functional capacity and poor prognosis. Patients with heart failure have symptoms that can affect their food intake, for example breathing difficulties, fatigue, nausea, loss of appetite, early feeling of fullness and ascites. These dietary problems and patients' nutritional status, can be significantly improved by means of simple nursing interventions.

Aim:

This paper reports a grounded theory study which developed a theoretical model of experiences of food and food intake among patients with heart failure.

Methods:

A descriptive and exploratory design, with a grounded theory analysis, was used. Data were collected in 2002 through interviews with 11 patients with heart failure. Findings. Two core categories emerged: emotions and the meaning of food. Psychosocial meaning could be associated with positive feelings of well-being, or negative feelings of sorrow. Physiological meaning could be associated with positive feelings of comfort or negative feelings of burden. Patients' experiences of food and eating changed during the development of the disease. Feelings of fatigue and lack of appetite gave rise to a feeling of deprivation because of missing both eating and the related social environment. This could lead to a loss of personal identity.

Discussion:

Although the findings of a qualitative study cannot be generalized, they raise important clinical nursing issues. With increasingly shorter hospital stays, these problems will need to be addressed by community healthcare staff and family carers. Therefore, all healthcare professionals need knowledge about heart disease and information techniques if they are to be able to give appropriate care to this group.

Conclusion:

Ignorance about food and eating can easily lead to malnourishment, with an increased risk of the patients falling into a vicious circle. Implications of the study for health care practice and research are identified.

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Oxford: Blackwell Publishing , 2004. Vol. 46, no 5, p. 514-522
Keywords [en]
cardiac cachexia, emotions, grounded theory, heart failure, meaning of, food, nursing, 24-HOUR ENERGY-EXPENDITURE, CARDIAC CACHEXIA, MALNUTRITION, MEAL
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URN: urn:nbn:se:hh:diva-3427DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2648.2004.03025.xISI: 000221297500007Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-2642570756OAI: oai:DiVA.org:hh-3427DiVA, id: diva2:295189
Available from: 2010-02-17 Created: 2009-12-01 Last updated: 2020-03-20Bibliographically approved

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