Care experience of informal caregivers of elderly patients with swallowing disorders: a qualitative study
10.3760/cma.j.cn115682-20240727-04203
- VernacularTitle:老年吞咽障碍患者非正式照顾者照护体验的质性研究
- Author:
Baoyu ZHAO
1
;
Yueshan GAO
1
;
Zheng JI
1
;
Tingting JIANG
1
;
Qian CHEN
1
Author Information
1. 四川大学华西护理学院/四川大学华西医院老年医学中心，成都 610041
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Aged;
Swallowing disorder;
Informal caregiver;
Caregiving experience;
Qualitative study
- From:
Chinese Journal of Modern Nursing
2025;31(16):2153-2159
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
Objective:To explore the role adaptation experience of informal caregivers of elderly patients with swallowing disorders, providing reference for developing caregiver support programs.Methods:This study was a qualitative study. Purposive sampling method was used to select informal caregivers of elderly patients with swallowing disorders admitted to West China Hospital of Sichuan University and Chengdu Second People's Hospital from July to October 2023 for semi-structured interviews. Analyze the data and extract themes using Colaizzi's 7-step analysis method.Results:From the caregiving experience, two main themes and nine subthemes were identified: poor adaptation to multiple roles (insufficient role adaptation resources, disrupted physiological rhythms, prominent negative emotions, limited social participation, heavy economic burden) ; role activation (emotion and responsibility, external support system assistance, internal self-efficacy enhancement, self-healing) .Conclusions:Medical staff should optimize training for informal caregivers of elderly patients with swallowing disorders, enhancing their knowledge and skills to alleviate poor role adaptation experiences and improve the quality of care.
