. Sharifeh Monemian; . Heidarali Abedi; . Saied Ali Naji
Volume 5, Issue 2 , March 2015, , Pages 1-7
Abstract
Introduction: Heart transplantation is considered as a golden standard of treatment foradvanced heart failure. After ‑ transplantation health of patients is influenced by numerousissues ...
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Introduction: Heart transplantation is considered as a golden standard of treatment foradvanced heart failure. After ‑ transplantation health of patients is influenced by numerousissues which many of them are unknown to the treatment team including nurses. Thisresearch ‑ with the aim of describing the life experiences of heart transplant patients ‑ help usto get close to the patients private life and gain comprehensive and a general understanding ofall aspects of their life. Methods: This study applied qualitative approach using phenomenologymethod. The purposive sampling was conducted and continued with 9 participants untilinformation reached saturation point. The participants are the heart transplant recipients whohad surgery in Esfahan’s Heart Surgery Center of Shahid Chamran. Results: The extractedinterviews were analyzed through Colaizzi method: The eleven extracted main concepts wereincluded: Belief, tendencies of the recipient and family of donor, bewilderment, moment offacing with transplantation, satisfaction, vital organ, support, temperament, physical effects oftransplantation, mental changes, paradox of life and death. Conclusion: In heart transplantpatients, being in touch with peers and family support have an important role in putting up withthe transplantation issue. Lack of social situation and social support were among the patientsdistresses. Lack of the necessary information about transplantation made patients dissatisfiedwith the heart transplantation. Regarding the research findings, training received by patientswould not be suffice and lack of information has been made them face with problems; therefore,the nurse team of transplantation should play more an active role in training the patients.