Nurses' Perceptions of Factors Influencing Elder Self-neglect: A Qualitative Study
| Autor: | Tieying Zeng, Chaohua Peng, Cheng-Shuang Wang, Meizhen Zhao, Meiliyang Wu, Mengmei Yuan, Ye Chen |
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| Rok vydání: | 2019 |
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medicine.medical_specialty China Attitude of Health Personnel media_common.quotation_subject Nurses Context (language use) Models Psychological Nonprobability sampling Interviews as Topic 03 medical and health sciences Young Adult 0302 clinical medicine Nursing Geriatric Nursing medicine Humans 030212 general & internal medicine Self-Neglect Mobility Limitation General Nursing Qualitative Research media_common Aged lcsh:RT1-120 030504 nursing Social work lcsh:Nursing Depression Public health Social Support General Medicine Middle Aged medicine.disease Self Concept Content analysis Female 0305 other medical science Psychology Autonomy Self-neglect Qualitative research |
| Zdroj: | Asian Nursing Research, Vol 14, Iss 3, Pp 137-143 (2020) |
| ISSN: | 2093-7482 |
| Popis: | Purpose Elder self-neglect is a global public health issue and should be taken seriously at large. Nurses, usually working directly with elderly patients, have a better understanding of what factors may cause elder self-neglect. In this qualitative study, we explored the influencing factors of elder self-neglect from the perception of nurses in the context of Chinese culture. Methods Face-to-face, in-depth interviews were conducted from November 2018 to December 2018. Purposive sampling was used. Twenty one participants recruited from eight geriatric wards of a general hospital located in Wuhan were interviewed. A content analysis of qualitative nature was performed to analyze the data. Results Our conceptual model illustrated the findings based on the three themes of the conflict between personal recognition and social judgment, the choice between current needs and individual beliefs, as well as the compromise between insufficient abilities and limited resources. Conclusions Nurses together with family members and social workers can help older adults improve their awareness of self-neglect to bridge the gap with social judgment, learn to focus on their own needs, as well as seek as much support as possible. Nurses should also respect the autonomy and self-determination of elder self-neglecters because self-neglect is related to older adults' values. Furthermore, larger studies are needed to quantitatively test and refine the model. |
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