- Title
- Coping with chronic cardiovascular disease in Iran : a qualitative study
- Creator
- Kalantarzadeh, Mozhgan; Alavi, Mousa; Yousefi, Hojatollah; Maghsoudi, Jahangir; Hungerford, Catherine; Cleary, Michelle
- Date
- 2021
- Type
- Text; Journal article
- Identifier
- http://researchonline.federation.edu.au/vital/access/HandleResolver/1959.17/179563
- Identifier
- vital:15621
- Identifier
-
https://doi.org/10.1111/nhs.12869
- Identifier
- ISBN:1441-0745 (ISSN)
- Abstract
- The effects of chronic cardiovascular disease can challenge the achievement of treatment goals and recovery outcomes. This study explores the ways in which patients cope with the effects of chronic cardiovascular disease, from the perspectives of patients, family caregivers, and health professionals. The qualitative study was conducted from May 2019 to September 2020 in Isfahan, Iran. Thirteen people with chronic cardiovascular disease, 6 family caregivers, and 16 healthcare professionals participated in semi-structured individual interviews. Transcripts were analysed thematically. Findings suggest that people with chronic cardiovascular disease use a range of coping strategies, both positive and negative, to adjust to their conditions. The positive strategies include managing their health-related symptoms, drawing on religious or spiritual beliefs, and accessing social and relational supports. Negative strategies can include over-reliance on family members for support, leading to reduced activity and loss of independence. Understanding the nature of the strategies used by patients provides an important means by which health service providers can support patients to further develop positive coping strategies. This, in turn, will enable patients to achieve higher levels of wellbeing. © 2021 John Wiley & Sons Australia, Ltd.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Inc
- Relation
- Nursing and Health Sciences Vol. 23, no. 4 (2021), p. 843-851
- Rights
- All metadata describing materials held in, or linked to, the repository is freely available under a CC0 licence
- Rights
- Copyright © 2021 John Wiley & Sons Australia, Ltd.
- Rights
- Open Access
- Subject
- 1110 Nursing; 1117 Public Health and Health Services; Cardiovascular diseases; Chronic disease; Coping; Family caregivers; Qualitative study
- Full Text
- Reviewed
- Funder
- This study is part of a PhD project, grant No. 398426 awarded by the Isfahan University of Medical Sciences.
- Hits: 2458
- Visitors: 2290
- Downloads: 203
| Thumbnail | File | Description | Size | Format | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| View Details Download | SOURCE1 | Accepted version | 379 KB | Adobe Acrobat PDF | View Details Download |