scholarly journals Care Giver’s Experiences of Having a Child with Hydrocephalus: A Phenomenological Study at Ruharo Mission Hospital

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Racheal Kyarimpa ◽  
Dan Muramuzi ◽  
Talbert Muhwezi
Keyword(s):  
Coping Strategies ◽  
Phenomenological Study ◽  
Life Changes ◽  
Care Givers ◽  
Interview Guide ◽  
And Coping ◽  
Cultural Constraints ◽  
Depth Interviews ◽  
The Brain

AbstractBackgroundHydrocephalus is a long-term neurologic condition, normally identified in early childhood, where there is excessive fluid in the ventricular system within the brain which results into enlargement of the head to an abnormal size. The most common cause of hydrocephalus in most patient population is infection (over 60%) typically meningitis. In Uganda, it is estimated that about 1000 to 2000 new cases of hydrocephalus occur every year with 60 percent of these are reportedly attributed to neonatal infections. The general objective was to explore care givers‘ experiences of living with a child having hydrocephalus.MethodsThe phenomenological descriptive study involved fifteen respondents who were purposively selected. The in-depth interviews were conducted with the aid of an interview guide and a tape recorder. Transcribed interviews were analyzed using the thematic approach.ResultsCare givers were experiencing financial problems, psychological problems, lack of social support and cultural constraints and stigma associated with hydrocephalus. The care givers experiences were full of life changes and coping strategies, and they used both problem and emotion focused coping strategies to deal with the challenges as compassionate and responsive care was illustrated by the participants.ConclusionThe study discovered that having a child with hydrocephalus is challenging and frustrating in terms of financial, physical, social, and psychological experience. Therefore, these findings are essential for counselling care givers, families and communities affected by hydrocephalus. In this context, attention should be targeted to families and communities to reduce stigma and isolation faced by the affected.

scholarly journals Family Caregivers’ Experiences and Coping Strategies in Managing Stroke Patients during the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Qualitative Exploration Study

2022 ◽  
Vol 19 (2) ◽  
pp. 942
Author(s):  
Muhammad Iqbal Haji Mukhti ◽  
Mohd Ismail Ibrahim ◽  
Tengku Alina Tengku Ismail ◽  
Iliatha Papachristou Nadal ◽  
Sureshkumar Kamalakannan ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Coping Strategies ◽  
Family Caregivers ◽  
Virus Disease ◽  
Stroke Survivors ◽  
Rehabilitation Centers ◽  
And Coping ◽  
Qualitative Exploration ◽  
Public Rehabilitation ◽  
Depth Interviews

Background: Stroke is a chronic disease that requires stroke survivors to be supported long-term by their families. This is especially because of the inaccessibility to post-stroke rehabilitation outside hospitals. The Corona Virus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) crisis and the pandemic restrictions in Malaysia are expected to exponentially increase the demand from family caregivers in supporting stroke survivors. Thus, this study aims to explore the burden, experience, and coping mechanism of the family caregivers supporting stroke survivors during the COVID-19 pandemic. Methodology: A phenomenological qualitative study was conducted from November 2020 to June 2021 in Malaysia. A total of 13 respondents were recruited from two public rehabilitation centers in Kota Bharu, Kelantan. In-depth interviews were conducted with the participants. Comprehensive representation of perspectives from the respondents was achieved through purposive sampling. The interviews were conducted in the Kelantanese dialect, recorded, transcribed, and analyzed using thematic analysis. Results: Three themes on burdens and experiences were identified. They were worsening pre-existing issues, emerging new issues, and fewer burdens and challenges. Two themes on coping strategies were also identified. They were problem-focused engagement and emotion-focused engagement. Conclusions: The COVID-19 pandemic has changed the entire system of stroke management. While family caregivers mostly faced the extra burden through different experiences, they also encountered some positive impacts from the pandemic. The integrated healthcare system, especially in the era of digitalization, is an important element to establish the collaborative commitment of multiple stakeholders to compensate burden and sustain the healthcare of stroke survivors during the pandemic.

scholarly journals Pragmatic Sentiments and Coping Strategies of Out-Of-Field English Teachers in Public Senior High Schools

2021 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 112-119
Author(s):  
Glady Cidro Lagria
Keyword(s):  
High Schools ◽  
Coping Strategies ◽  
Phenomenological Study ◽  
Mentoring Programs ◽  
School Year ◽  
Poor Students ◽  
Interview Guide ◽  
And Coping ◽  
School Heads ◽  
Self Learning

A phenomenological study was conducted to examine the challenges of out-of-field teachers in English, including their coping mechanisms and their suggested solutions to manage their sentiments in public senior high schools during the school year 2019-2020. The researcher used a one-on-one interview guide in collecting data, which were analyzed using the Ajjawi and Higgs framework of data analysis. The lack of content mastery that results in poor students’ performance is the top sentiment for out-of-field teachers, and it was hard for them to teach English as it is out of their specialization. It was found out that the out-of-field teachers employed several coping strategies and suggested solutions to DepEd to manage their sentiments, such as; acquiring competence through training, self-learning and motivating, asking for assistance from co-teachers, and to improve schools’ manpower. Hence, the researcher recommends the conduct of a comparative study on the performance of students and teachers, and regular mentoring of school heads and master teachers to aid out-of-field teachers. This calls for program mechanics that deal with alleviating the challenges that novice out-of-field teachers experience through program reforms, training and skills enhancement, professional development, and peer mentoring programs.

“Caring for the Elderly is Very Difficult”: Challenges and Coping Strategies of Caregivers in Urban Poor Accra, Ghana

2020 ◽  
pp. 105477382098230
Author(s):  
Frank Kyei-Arthur ◽  
Samuel Nii Ardey Codjoe
Keyword(s):  
Coping Strategies ◽  
Family Caregiving ◽  
Urban Poor ◽  
Phenomenological Study ◽  
Negative Impact ◽  
Elderly Care ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Care Recipients ◽  
Negative Impacts ◽  
And Coping

This study is part of a broader phenomenological study on the experiences of family caregivers and their care recipients. There is a general paucity of research on the experiences of primary and secondary caregivers, and the negative impact of elderly care on caregivers in the urban poor settings in Ghana. This study explored primary and secondary caregivers’ challenges and coping strategies in the urban poor context in Accra, Ghana. This study was conducted in Ga Mashie. Thirty-one caregivers were interviewed. A phenomenological analysis was conducted using NVivo 10. Primary and secondary caregivers experienced economic, physical, social, and psychological burdens. Also, caregivers used spirituality and perseverance to cope with their challenges. The findings demonstrate that caregivers’ challenges varied by type of caregiver. Researchers and policymakers should consider the type of caregiver when designing interventions to mitigate the negative impacts of family caregiving on caregivers.

scholarly journals Exploration of the experiences of working stressors and coping strategies associated with menstrual symptoms among nurses with shifting schedules: a Q methodology investigation

BMC Nursing ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 20 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Shu-Chuan Yu ◽  
Hsiao-Pei Hsu ◽  
Jong-Long Guo ◽  
Shu-Fen Chen ◽  
Shu-He Huang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Coping Strategies ◽  
Q Methodology ◽  
Self Management ◽  
Menstrual Symptoms ◽  
Working Performance ◽  
Two Stages ◽  
And Coping ◽  
Female Nurses ◽  
Depth Interviews ◽  
Best Fit

Abstract Background The essence and workload of nursing can easily lead to burdens associated with female nurses’ menstrual symptoms, and consequently, result in decreased working performance. Without effective support this can lead to resignation due to maladaptation. This study adopted Q methodology to explore the experience of working stressors and coping strategies associated with menstrual symptoms among nurses with shifting schedules. Methods Data were collected in two stages. First, in-depth interviews were conducted to collect nurses’ experiences. Sentences that best fit the study’s purpose were extracted for the construction of Q statements. Second, nurses were allowed to subjectively rank these Q statements by using Q-sorts. A total of 90 participants ranked the designed Q statements. The Q factor analysis revealed a five-factor solution that accounted for 48.90% of the total variance. Results The five evident factors included: menstrual symptoms interfering in collaboration with colleagues, deficiency of professional function and stress due to symptoms burden, diverse experiences without a clear pattern, adapted self-management with and without medication use, and stress due to symptoms burden and using medication for self-management. Conclusions The identification of these five groups may facilitate the development of responsive strategies to meet nurses’ preferences. Furthermore, identifying workplace factors that are associated with the adverse effects of menstrual symptoms on nurses will be helpful for nursing supervisors and hospital managers. Additionally, strategies that can be implemented to create supportive work environments are discussed.

Impact of COVID-19 on Food Insecurity and Coping Mechanisms of Marginalized People in Bangladesh

2021 ◽  
pp. 241-254
Author(s):  
Emadul Islam ◽  
Ishtiaque Jahan Shoef ◽  
Mehadi Hasan
Keyword(s):  
Food Insecurity ◽  
Coping Strategies ◽  
Coping Mechanisms ◽  
Index Score ◽  
Economic Recovery ◽  
Panel Survey ◽  
Food Needs ◽  
And Coping ◽  
The Impact

This chapter is part of an extensive panel survey conducted among the BRAC COVID-19 response HHs between April 2020 to September 2020. This chapter aims to describe the food insecurity status of BRAC-supported HHs and their coping strategies to combat the impact of COVID-19. A total of 6,086 HHs were interviewed in the 1st round (April 2020-June 2020), whilst these HHs were interviewed in the 2nd round (July 2020 to September 2020). Findings reveal that COVID-19 has created an unprecedented impact on HH food insecurity. The study prepared a food index score and found that 33% of HHs are extremely food insecure, whilst 19% are highly insecure. In terms of coping strategies to the current food needs of the HHs, dependency on the personal mechanism and institutional mechanisms were identified. The study argues that the COVID-19 crisis forces HHs into long-term loan burden, which may lead to another hurdle, causing delayed HHs economic recovery. Long-term GO and NGO sustainable economic recovery intervention could help marginalized people to build back better from COVID-19.

scholarly journals The Coping Process: Cognitive Appraisals of Stress, Coping Strategies, and Coping Effectiveness

2003 ◽  
Vol 17 (4) ◽  
pp. 406-425 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mi-Sook Kim ◽  
Joan L. Duda
Keyword(s):  
Coping Strategies ◽  
Goodness Of Fit ◽  
Cognitive Appraisals ◽  
Intercollegiate Athletes ◽  
Coping Responses ◽  
Coping Process ◽  
Path Analyses ◽  
Stress Coping Strategies ◽  
And Coping

This study examined the effectiveness of the reported coping responses utilized by 318 U.S. and 404 Korean athletes based on the Outcome model (i.e., considers perceived immediate and long-term outcomes) and the Goodness-of-Fit model (i.e., considers the fit between situational appraisal and coping strategies employed). Intercollegiate athletes provided information regarding frequency of psychological difficulties experienced during competition, their perceived controllability over such difficulties, and the reported coping strategies utilized to counter this particular stressor. Recursive path analyses revealed that both Active/Problem-Focused and Avoidance/Withdrawal coping were deemed immediately effective during competition. Active/Problem-Focused and Avoidance/Withdrawal coping strategies were, respectively, positively and negatively associated with all three long-term variables. Results partially supported the Goodness-of-Fit model among both Korean and U.S. athletes.

scholarly journals Novice Teachers’ Challenges and Coping Strategies in Qatari Government Schools

2020 ◽  
Vol 19 (9) ◽  
pp. 118-142
Author(s):  
Shaikha R AL-Naimi ◽  
Michael H Romanowski ◽  
Xiangyun Du
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Study ◽  
Coping Strategies ◽  
Novice Teachers ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Government Schools ◽  
Professional Challenges ◽  
Active Communication ◽  
And Coping ◽  
Personal Challenges

This study examined the challenges novice teachers encountered in Qatari government schools and the coping strategies they adopt. A qualitative study was conducted using semi-structured interviews with 15 novice teachers during their initial years of teaching. The findings demonstrated that most participants faced several personal challenges and other challenges within and beyond the school. Findings also indicated that these teachers confronted these challenges using various coping strategies. The challenges facing novice teachers include teaching and classroom, government, and administrative, and professional challenges. Novice teachers' coping strategies included individual internal peace strategies, active communication, and changing environment. Finally, based on these findings, suggestions are provided to support novice teachers' long-term success in Qatari government schools or similar contexts.

scholarly journals Drought Adaptation and Coping Strategies among Coffee Farmers in the Central Highlands of Vietnam

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Phuong Le Nguyen ◽  
Mau Dung Nguyen
Keyword(s):  
Coping Strategies ◽  
Land Use Planning ◽  
Qualitative Data ◽  
Short Term ◽  
Coffee Production ◽  
The World ◽  
Coffee Farmers ◽  
Central Highlands ◽  
And Coping

Vietnam is the second largest coffee producer in the world, mostly from the Central Highlands region where water has been becoming a scarce resource. Since 2014, drought has been strongly affecting Central Highlands’ agriculture, particularly coffee production. The drought leads to changes in flowering, ripening and thus harvesting times of coffee. Coffee productivity has reduced about 50 percent. Ultimately, coffee quantity and quality is jeopardized which endangers coffee farmers who occupy 90 per cent of population and their livelihoods mainly rely on coffee. Most of coffee farmers have had to develop alternative strategies to respond to the drought. Based on quantitative and qualitative data collected from 50 coffee households in a community in the Central Highlands, this research has indicated that farmers had to find the ways to adapt as well as to cope with drought. The ways of adaptation and coping were diverse, including short, medium and long-term plans. To strengthen the adaptation and coping strategies of farmers with drought in the short term, it is recommended that authorities provide more technical and financial support to farmers. Furthermore, longer term strategies need to focus on land use planning, investment in irrigation schemes, and consolidated afforestation schemes in appropriate areas.

scholarly journals Lived Experience of Older Adults with Post-Hip Fracture

2014 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 35-40
Author(s):  
Bishnu Bista Thapa
Keyword(s):  
Older Adults ◽  
Hip Fracture ◽  
Lived Experience ◽  
Phenomenological Study ◽  
Edmund Husserl ◽  
Early Recovery ◽  
Web Based ◽  
Qualitative Research Design ◽  
Care Givers ◽  
And Coping

Objective: this phenomenological study was undertaken to explore lived experiences of community dweller older adults with post hip fractured.  Methods: A qualitative research design underpinned by the philosophy of Edmund Husserl and methodological interpretations of Colaizzi’s. The series of in-depth web based interviews were simultaneously conducted and analyzed until saturation of data. Rigor of the study was maintained by validated the transcribed information by informants. Findings: based on subjective information provided by informants, sixteen themes were emerged which further merged into four theme clusters that were patho-dynamic of hip fracture, affected reaction to distress and situation appraisal, limitation in movement and being dependent on others and coping behaviors. Findings of this study indicated that informants experienced both fluid and complex that challenges all spheres of their life after hip fracture. Conclusion: It was concluded that, older adults with post-hip fracture are facing multiple situational problems like physical, emotional, care-givers and financial so that comprehensive, affordable and culturally based multi-disciplinary services are essential. Physical comforts, motivation, continuous support, encouragement for exercise, walking and financial assistance can promote their early recovery and regaining functional capacity. This approach to the study of lived experience of older adults with post-hip fracture offers an opportunity to reflect and make sense of their current situation in the light of their day to day life activities, struggling and achieving pre-fracture functional abilities, to tell their story to an interested listener and to have their feelings validated.DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3126/ijssm.v1i1.9590 Int. J. Soc. Sci. Manage. Vol.1(1) 2014 35-40

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