Qualitative study on the burden and benefit finding of illness among home caregivers of patients with cognitive impairment after stroke
10.3760/cma.j.cn211501-20210304-00639
- VernacularTitle:脑卒中后认知功能障碍患者居家照顾者感受负担与疾病获益感的质性研究
- Author:
Yan LIU
1
;
Caixia SU
;
Ruiping HAN
;
Li ZHANG
Author Information
1. 中国人民解放军空军军医大学第一附属医院急诊科，西安 710032
- Keywords:
Qualitative research;
Stroke;
Cognitive dysfunction;
Caregiver;
Feeling burden;
Benefit finding from disease
- From:
Chinese Journal of Practical Nursing
2022;38(2):116-120
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
Objective:To analyze the burden and benefit finding of illness among home caregivers of patients with cognitive impairment after stroke, so as to provide references for formulating targeted intervention strategies.Methods:Using the intentional sampling method, 15 home caregivers of patients with cognitive impairment after stroke treated in the First Affiliated Hospital of Air Force Medical University from July 2019 to December 2019 were selected as research objects. The semi-structured interview was conducted by phenomenological method, and the interview data were analyzed by Colaizzi analysis method.Results:The burden of home caregivers of patients with cognitive impairment after stroke was mainly manifested as excessive psychological pressure, impaired health, heavy financial burden, and separation from social life. The benefit finding of illness was mainly manifested in the respect for life, the improvement of health behavior ability, and the enhancement of family and social responsibility.Conclusions:Home caregivers of patients with cognitive impairment after stroke have both a negative sense of burden and a positive sense of benefit finding of illness. Medical workers should make a dialectical analysis to help resolve the burden of negative feelings, actively cultivate a sense of benefit finding of illness, and improve their behavioral ability of care.
