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Self-care in Adults With a Retro-auricular Left Ventricular Assist Device: An Interpretive Description.
- Source :
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Clinical Nursing Research . Mar2022, Vol. 31 Issue 3, p553-562. 10p. - Publication Year :
- 2022
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Abstract
- Having a retro-auricular left ventricular assist device (LVAD) requires patients to learn specific self-care behaviors, with a considerable burden; the present study aimed at exploring and describing the experience of self-care in this population. An Interpretive Description was conducted, informing the analysis with the Middle-Range Theory of Self-care of Chronic Illness. A purposeful sample of ten people with a retro-auricular LVAD participated in in-depth, semi-structured interviews. Four themes were identified: Innovations and Limitations in Daily Life, Problems Detection, Response to Problems, and Learning Process. All of these were deeply influenced by a cross-cutting theme: Support System. People with a retro-auricular LVAD have self-care needs different from those of people with heart failure or with the abdominal version of the device, and there is a great need for targeted intervention that could be developed in consideration of our findings. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- *LEFT heart ventricle surgery
*HEART failure treatment
*SOCIAL support
*RESEARCH methodology
*HEART assist devices
*INTERVIEWING
*ACTIVITIES of daily living
*PATIENTS' attitudes
*EXPERIENCE
*LEARNING
*FIELD notes (Science)
*HEALTH behavior
*THEMATIC analysis
*JUDGMENT sampling
*PSYCHOLOGICAL adaptation
*HEALTH self-care
*DIFFUSION of innovations
*OLD age
*MIDDLE age
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 10547738
- Volume :
- 31
- Issue :
- 3
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Clinical Nursing Research
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 155794913
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1177/10547738211063538