Investigation experiences of hypertensive patients
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Background
Hypertension is one of the major chronic disorders. Hypertensive patients have various disease-relatedexperiences, based on personal and social characteristics, life style and other effective factors. Nurses face differentsituations during their activities process and presentation of these experiences obtained during working with patientscan help them to improve the clinical activities. The purpose of this study was to determine the experiences of hypertensivepatients.Methods
This was a qualitative phenomenological survey. The study population was hypertensive patients referred tohospitals of Isfahan University of Medical Sciences. The sampling method was purposeful. The data collected by indepthinterviews and data analysis was done by Collaizi''s seven-staged method.Results
The findings of the interviews classified in 133 codes and the thematic analysis revealed three major clustersas: 1. clinical experiences about the disease; 2. social experiences of the disease; and 3. mental-psychological experiences.Conclusion
Hypertensive patients had mostly experienced chronic situations and treatment process as well as their surroundingproblems such as diet and life style. Life style is an important criterion for our physical health and it should bechanged so that hypertensive patients feet relatively healthy, fine and peaceful in the rest of their life. Patient indicatedbeliefs about their disease and experienced its psychological signs.Language:
English
Published:
Iranian Journal Of Nursing and Midwifery Research, Volume:13 Issue: 2, Spring 2008
Page:
43
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