Experiences of implementing a coping mechanism for the elderly who face chronic diseases while living with the family: a phenomenology study
Bahtiar Bahtiar1
Junaiti Sahar2
Wiwin Wiarsih2
1.Department of Nursing Science,Faculty of Medicine,Mulawarman University,Samarinda 75123,Indonesia2.Department of Community Health Nursing,Faculty of Nursing,Universitas Indonesia,Depok 16424,Indonesia
摘要：Objective: Physical and psychological stress causes harm to the health status of the elderly with chronic diseases. This study aimed to understand coping mechanisms of the elderly with chronic conditions who live with their family.Methods: This study was conducted using a descriptive phenomenology method from the experience of 13 older adults with chronic disease. The study processes were interviewed, tape recorded, transcribed, and explored from the transcripts using Colaizzi's descriptive phenomenological method. The steps of the descriptive phenomenology process are bracketing, intuiting, analyzing, and describing.Results: The coping mechanisms used by the elderly with chronic diseases are (1) the behavioral focus coping ways by doing sports, and physical activities; (2) Focus on spirituality has been implemented by fasting, chanting, dhikr, and prayer; (3) The cognitive focus by working on hobbies or habitual activities and helping each other; (4) The social interaction focus was by interacting with friends, family, and neighbors.Conclusions: This shows that elderly adults with disease conditions try to adapt various forms of coping mechanisms, which positively affects their psychological state. Families which have elderly with chronic diseases are expected to provide nur turing and psychological suppor t to them so that the elderly can consistently apply coping mechanisms to overcome and tackle chronic diseases. Understanding the coping mechanism implementation of the elderly who have chronic diseases by their family can guide health specialists in designing psychological and spiritual approach interventions.
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论文发表日期：2022-03-30
在线出版日期：2025-08-15（本平台首次上网日期，不代表文献的发表时间）
页数：7( 87-93 )
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