Experiencing the care of a family member with Crohn’s disease: a qualitative study
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Title: | Experiencing the care of a family member with Crohn’s disease: a qualitative study |
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Authors: | Garcia-Sanjuan, Sofia | Lillo-Crespo, Manuel | Cabañero-Martínez, María José | Richart-Martínez, Miguel | Sanjuan-Quiles, Angela |
Research Group/s: | Calidad de Vida, Bienestar Psicológico y Salud | Person-centred Care and Health Outcomes Innovation / Atención centrada en la persona e innovación en resultados de salud (PCC-HOI) | Salud Pública |
Center, Department or Service: | Universidad de Alicante. Departamento de Enfermería |
Keywords: | Caregivers | Care | Crohn’s disease | Experiences | Family |
Knowledge Area: | Enfermería |
Issue Date: | 22-Oct-2019 |
Publisher: | BMJ Publishing Group |
Citation: | BMJ Open. 2019, 9:e030625. doi:10.1136/bmjopen-2019-030625 |
Abstract: | Objectives To explore the experiences of caregivers living with relatives affected by Crohn’s disease (CD) in a context in which the family provides social support. Design A qualitative study based on a phenomenological approach was conducted through in-depth interviews. Setting Participants living in Alicante (Spain) were recruited. Participants Eleven family caregivers of people with CD were interviewed. Methods The in-depth interviews took place in the participants’ homes and were audio recorded and then transcribed for a qualitative thematic analysis. Results Five themes and accompanying subthemes were identified: (1) adaptation to the caring experience, (2) dichotomy ‘with or without me’, (3) unending burden, (4) need for knowledge and control of the disease, and (5) getting used to CD and normalising life. Conclusion The findings contribute to an increase in the knowledge and comprehension of the experience of being the caregiver of a relative with CD, which could be useful for professionals towards improving the quality of the CD caring process. Due to the temporal dimension of CD with frequent bouts of exacerbation and remission, family caregivers must adapt and acquire skills during chronic illness evolution. Moreover, the lack of family caregivers’ inclusion and follow-up within the Spanish health system makes them feel invisible and useless, which may contribute to caregivers’ burdens. |
Sponsor: | This study was funded by project 'Diseño de una vía clínica de patologías crónicas como la hipertensión arterial y la enfermedad de Crohn. Orientación a la gestión de procesos' (704753085-53085-45-514) integrated into the State plan I+D+I 2013-2016 Ministerio de Economía y Competittividad orientada a los Retos de la Sociedad and cofunded by ISCIII-Subdirección General de Evaluación y Fomento. |
URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/10045/97928 |
ISSN: | 2044-6055 |
DOI: | 10.1136/bmjopen-2019-030625 |
Language: | eng |
Type: | info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Rights: | © Author(s) (or their employer(s)) 2019. Re-use permitted under CC BY-NC. No commercial re-use. See rights and permissions. Published by BMJ. This is an open access article distributed in accordance with the Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial (CC BY-NC 4.0) license, which permits others to distribute, remix, adapt, build upon this work non-commercially, and license their derivative works on different terms, provided the original work is properly cited, appropriate credit is given, any changes made indicated, and the use is non-commercial. See: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/. |
Peer Review: | si |
Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2019-030625 |
Appears in Collections: | INV - CV, BP Y S - Artículos de Revistas INV - PCC-HOI - Artículos de Revistas INV - SP - Artículos de Revistas |
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