Living with bipolar disorder in Chile: A qualitative study
| Autor: | Raúl Hormazábal-Salgado, Margarita Poblete-Troncoso |
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| Rok vydání: | 2019 |
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Male medicine.medical_specialty Bipolar Disorder Family support Social Stigma Judgement Psychological intervention Disease Interviews as Topic 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine medicine Humans Family Bipolar disorder Chile Psychiatry Aged 030504 nursing Social Support Middle Aged medicine.disease Mental health 030227 psychiatry Quality of Life Female Pshychiatric Mental Health Thematic analysis 0305 other medical science Psychology Attitude to Health Qualitative research |
| Zdroj: | International Journal of Mental Health Nursing. 29:488-497 |
| ISSN: | 1447-0349 1445-8330 |
| Popis: | Bipolar disorder (BD) is an important factor contributing to rates of higher morbidity and mortality with serious consequences on the quality of life. There is limited literature on life experience of people living with BD in Chile. For this reason, this study examines the life experiences of Chilean clients with BD. Semi-structured interviews were conducted, and clients aged 40-65 years, euthymic, with a preserved judgement of reality were included. A thematic analysis was conducted, and two themes and subthemes were extracted. The first theme is the life experiences of the disease, and it comprises the subtheme information about BD, life experiences of relapses (with acute experiences of disease, professional assistance, and prodromal symptom management), accepting the disease, accepting the medication, and being bipolar as a stigma. The second theme is that of family environment, which includes the subthemes of family support, lack of family support, and family crisis resulting from BD. The findings provide evidence to support the importance of accepting the disease, the long-term course of the disease, in addition to pharmacological treatment, which requires interventions from nurses when personal risk factors of acute episodes are identified and addressed. Besides, client and family members have to be actively involved. Future research should examine the relationship between stigma from bipolar disorder, perceptions from family members, and educational interventions from nurses and people affected by BD in Chile. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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