Journal of Education and Health Promotion

Educational challenges of family caregivers of vegetative state patients for home care preparedness: A qualitative content analysis

. Aliakbar Keykha; . Monir Ramezani; . Shahram Amini; . Hossein Karimi Moonaghi; . Azadeh Saki

Volume 12, Issue 9 , October 2022, , Pages 1-10

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BACKGROUND: Patients with a vegetative state (VS) are completely dependent on caregivers inall physical aspects of their lives. Caring for such patients comes with a great deal of difficulty ... Read More BACKGROUND: Patients with a vegetative state (VS) are completely dependent on caregivers inall physical aspects of their lives. Caring for such patients comes with a great deal of difficulty forfamily caregivers. As a result, family caregivers must be fully trained and prepared for this role. Thepresent qualitative study was conducted to investigate the educational challenges faced by familycaregivers of VS patients for home care preparedness.MATERIALS AND METHODS: The present qualitative study was conducted through the conventionalcontent analysis method from August 2020 to September 2021 in two provinces of Iran (Sistan andBaluchestan Province; and Razavi Khorasan Province). Fourteen family caregivers of patients in a VSwere included in the study. Semi‑structured and in‑depth interviews were employed to collect data.The Graneheim and Lundman method was utilized to conduct the data analysis using MAXQDA2020software. Data collection continued until data saturation and the identification of main categories.RESULTS: As indicated by the data analysis, three categories of “unmet educational needs,”“confused caregiver,” and “searching for practical knowledge” which included 19 sub‑categoriesdescribed the experiences of family caregivers of patients in a VS concerning challenges they wentthrough in preparation for patient care at home. Participants’ experiences revealed that despite theinadequacy of educations provided by health‑care providers on knowledge and skills required byfamily caregivers, they were committed to caring for the patient and trying to acquire the requiredknowledge.CONCLUSION: Results indicated that inadequate education and the lack of family caregivers’contribution to caring for the patient in the VS during their stay in the hospital impedes their acquisitionof adequate knowledge and skill to care for patients at home. Therefore, healthcare systempolicymakers should be planning to eliminate the educational barriers faced by family caregiversand expand the educational activities of hospitals’ homecare centers to provide educational supportof family caregivers after the patient’s discharge.

Effect of spiritual care education on postpartum stress disorder in women with preeclampsia

. Zahra Kamali; . Mahin Tafazoli; . Mahdi Ebrahimi; . Mohammadali Hosseini; . Azadeh Saki; . Mohammad Reza Fayyazi‑Bordbar; . Zahra Mohebi‑Dehnavi; . Ala Saber‑Mohammad

Volume 8, Issue 6 , June 2018, , Pages 1-8

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INTRODUCTION: Posttraumatic stress disorder is an anxiety disorder that occurs after exposureto an event that causes injury or threat. The prevalence of preeclampsia was reported to ... Read More

Compare the effect of flaxseed, evening primrose oil and Vitamin E on duration of periodic breast pain

. Farzaneh Jaafarnejad; . Elham Adibmoghaddam; . Seyyed Ahmad Emami; . Azadeh Saki

Volume 7, Issue 5 , September and October 2017, , Pages 1-6

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BACKGROUND: Breast periodic pain is the most common disorder of the breast which leads toconsultation with knowledgeable people like a midwife. The aim of this study was to compare ... Read More

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Educational challenges of family caregivers of vegetative state patients for home care preparedness: A qualitative content analysis

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Effect of spiritual care education on postpartum stress disorder in women with preeclampsia

Abstract

Compare the effect of flaxseed, evening primrose oil and Vitamin E on duration of periodic breast pain

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