The experience and reactions reported by family caregivers of vegetative patients: Qualitative Content Analysis

Authors

  • Hossein Shamsi Gooshki
  • Seyyed Hassan Abedian Kalkhoran
  • Seyyed Mohammad Mahdi Ahmadi
  • Alireza Jalali Farahani
  • Norouz Mahmoudi

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.47552/ijam.v10i2.1205

Keywords:

vegetative patients, care providers, experience of family, qualitative content analysis, Vegetative patients, care providers, experience of family, qualitative content analysis

Abstract

Background and objective: vegetative life occurs after serious and widespread damage of brain cortex and deep coma and because of the certain conditions, the responsibility of care for these patients is on their family after discharging from the hospital which influences the physical and mental health of caregivers. The aim of this study is explaining the patient care process for vegetative patients. Methodology: this descriptive-analytical study was conducted by qualitative method in June 2018 in Tehran. Participants of the study were 8 individuals who were selected based on the purposive sampling. Data were collected by deep and unstructured interviews and observation until data saturation and emergence of the main themes in the face-to-face form. Data were analyzed by content analysis. Findings: the results of the data analysis regarding the challenges of the vegetative patients' caregiver indicated 5 main themes and 15 sub-themes as the research axes. The main themes include internal conflict, family reaction, communication with patient, family relationships and difficulty of care. Conclusion: family caregivers of vegetative patients experience various challenges from conflict to problems in the relations and difficulty in care. The results of this study can be considered in the planning care and treatment of patients before, during and after discharge by top policy-makers and managers, middle managers and nursing managers in determining educational, care and therapeutic needs of patients and families of these patients.

 

Author Biographies

Hossein Shamsi Gooshki

PhD Student, Department of Jurisprudence and Principles of Islamic Law, Qom Branch, Islamic Azad University, Qom, Iran

Seyyed Hassan Abedian Kalkhoran

Assistant Professor, Department of Jurisprudence and Principles of Islamic Law, Qom Branch, Islamic Azad University, Qom, Iran

 

Seyyed Mohammad Mahdi Ahmadi

Assistant Professor, Department of Jurisprudence and Principles of Islamic Law, Qom Branch, Islamic Azad University, Qom, Iran

 

Alireza Jalali Farahani

Professor, Department of Anesthesiology, Faculty of Medicine, Baqiyatallah University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

 

Norouz Mahmoudi

Ph.D Student, Student Research Committee, Department of Environmental Health Engineering, School of Public Health, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

Medicine, Quran and Hadith Research Center, Baqiyatallah University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

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Published

30-06-2019

How to Cite

Shamsi Gooshki, H., Abedian Kalkhoran, S. H., Ahmadi, S. M. M., Jalali Farahani, A., & Mahmoudi, N. (2019). The experience and reactions reported by family caregivers of vegetative patients: Qualitative Content Analysis. International Journal of Ayurvedic Medicine, 10(2), 162–170. https://doi.org/10.47552/ijam.v10i2.1205

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