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Experiences of hospitalization in patients with multiple sclerosis: A qualitative study

BACKGROUND: Patients with multiple sclerosis experience hospitalization several times in their lives. Certainly, providing efficient and high-quality care by healthcare professionals is not possible unless the experiences of patients’ hospitalization are taken into consideration. This qualitative st...

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Autores principales: Ghafari, Somayeh, Fallahi-Khoshknab, Masoud, Norouzi, Kian, Mohamadi, Eisa
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4061625/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24949063
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author Ghafari, Somayeh
Fallahi-Khoshknab, Masoud
Norouzi, Kian
Mohamadi, Eisa
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description BACKGROUND: Patients with multiple sclerosis experience hospitalization several times in their lives. Certainly, providing efficient and high-quality care by healthcare professionals is not possible unless the experiences of patients’ hospitalization are taken into consideration. This qualitative study was aimed to identify experiences of patients with multiple sclerosis in their hospitalization. MATERIALS AND METHODS: A qualitative content analysis method was used to conduct this study. The study participants were 25 patients with multiple sclerosis, who were chosen by purposeful sampling. Data were collected through non-structured interviews. RESULTS: The analysis resulted in the emergence of 4 themes and 11 subthemes. The main themes were: Religiosity, emotional reactions, seeking support, and feeling of being in a cage. CONCLUSIONS: Awareness of families and healthcare providers of the reactions of patients with multiple sclerosis to hospitalization will help them to deal effectively with patients and to improve relationships with them. However, by understanding the patients’ experiences, the practitioners gain expertise and can join in the patients’ health journey in a therapeutic way during the hospitalization period. In addition, the findings can serve to create a framework for developing nursing care processes including informational and supporting programs for multiple sclerosis patients during hospitalization while taking into consideration patients’ needs and cultural backgrounds.
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spelling pubmed-40616252014-06-19 Experiences of hospitalization in patients with multiple sclerosis: A qualitative study Ghafari, Somayeh Fallahi-Khoshknab, Masoud Norouzi, Kian Mohamadi, Eisa Iran J Nurs Midwifery Res Original Article BACKGROUND: Patients with multiple sclerosis experience hospitalization several times in their lives. Certainly, providing efficient and high-quality care by healthcare professionals is not possible unless the experiences of patients’ hospitalization are taken into consideration. This qualitative study was aimed to identify experiences of patients with multiple sclerosis in their hospitalization. MATERIALS AND METHODS: A qualitative content analysis method was used to conduct this study. The study participants were 25 patients with multiple sclerosis, who were chosen by purposeful sampling. Data were collected through non-structured interviews. RESULTS: The analysis resulted in the emergence of 4 themes and 11 subthemes. The main themes were: Religiosity, emotional reactions, seeking support, and feeling of being in a cage. CONCLUSIONS: Awareness of families and healthcare providers of the reactions of patients with multiple sclerosis to hospitalization will help them to deal effectively with patients and to improve relationships with them. However, by understanding the patients’ experiences, the practitioners gain expertise and can join in the patients’ health journey in a therapeutic way during the hospitalization period. In addition, the findings can serve to create a framework for developing nursing care processes including informational and supporting programs for multiple sclerosis patients during hospitalization while taking into consideration patients’ needs and cultural backgrounds. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2014 /pmc/articles/PMC4061625/ /pubmed/24949063 Text en Copyright: © Iranian Journal of Nursing and Midwifery Research http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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title_short Experiences of hospitalization in patients with multiple sclerosis: A qualitative study
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4061625/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24949063
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