The Difficulties the Caregivers of Cancer Patients Experience in the Covid-19 Pandemic

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hatice KARABUGA YAKAR ◽  
Sıdıka OGUZ ◽  
Ferda KARAKAS ◽  
Hatice TEKIN ◽  
Nurullah ONER ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Study ◽  
Cancer Patients ◽  
Structured Interview ◽  
Phenomenological Analysis ◽  
Interpretive Phenomenological Analysis ◽  
Behavioural Responses ◽  
Economic Problems ◽  
Interview Technique ◽  
Diversity Sampling ◽  
Patients Experience

Abstract Purpose This is a qualitative study using interpretive phenomenological analysis to determine the difficulties experienced by caregivers of cancer patients during the Covid-19 pandemic. Methods Fourteen cancer patients were interviewed between 20 December 2020 and 20 January 2021 using maximum diversity sampling. The data were collected using semi-structured interview forms, one-on-one interviews, and online interview technique. Results The experiences of caregivers of cancer patients regarding the Covid 19 pandemic were presented under four themes, namely emotional problems, economic problems, neglect of health, and behavioural responses associated with Covid 19”. Conclusions It was found that caregivers of cancer patients were emotionally affected, faced economic difficulties, neglected their own health, and developed behavioural responses to the risk of Covid-19 during the pandemic.

How Do Individuals with Persecutory Delusions Bring Worry to a Close? An Interpretive Phenomenological Analysis

2014 ◽  
Vol 43 (4) ◽  
pp. 465-477 ◽  
Author(s):  
Helen Startup ◽  
Katherine Pugh ◽  
Jacinta Cordwell ◽  
David Kingdon ◽  
Daniel Freeman
Keyword(s):  
Effective Means ◽  
Structured Interview ◽  
Phenomenological Analysis ◽  
Support Network ◽  
Interpretive Phenomenological Analysis ◽  
Social Support Network ◽  
Persecutory Delusions ◽  
Interpersonal Support ◽  
Interview Technique ◽  
Reality Testing

Background:Worry is a significant problem for individuals with paranoia, leading to delusion persistence and greater levels of distress. There are established theories concerning processes that maintain worry but little has been documented regarding what brings worry to a close.Aims:The aim was to find out what patients with persecutory delusions report are the factors that bring a worry episode to an end.Method:Eight patients with persecutory delusions who reported high levels of worry participated. An open-ended semi-structured interview technique and IPA qualitative analysis was employed to encourage a broad elaboration of relevant constructs.Results:Analyses revealed one theme that captured participants’ detailed descriptions of their experience of worry and five themes that identified factors important for bringing worry episodes to a close: natural drift, distraction, interpersonal support, feeling better, and reality testing.Conclusions:Patients with persecutory delusions report worry being uncontrollable and distressing but are able to identify ways that a period of worry can stop. The present study suggests that building on individuals’ distraction techniques, reality testing ability and their social support network could be of benefit. Research is needed to identify the most effective means of bringing paranoid worries to an end.

scholarly journals Perspektif Islam dan Isu Amalan Memberikan Maklum Balas Membina Menurut Pegawai Penilai dan Pegawai yang Dinilai Skim Perkhidmatan Pendidikan

2021 ◽  
Vol 25 (1) ◽  
pp. 115-132
Author(s):  
Majelan Sulong ◽  
Rusli Ahmad ◽  
Nur Fatihah Abdullah Bandar
Keyword(s):  
Content Analysis ◽  
Qualitative Study ◽  
Secondary School ◽  
Performance Appraisal ◽  
Structured Interview ◽  
Secondary School Education ◽  
Interview Technique ◽  
Analysis Technique ◽  
Education Service ◽  
Study Participants

This qualitative study aims to identify Islamic perspectives on the issue of providing favourable feedback involving six evaluators and six evaluated officers of secondary school education service schemes in Sarawak. Study participants were selected by purposive sampling while data collection by semi-structured interview technique and analysed using content analysis technique. The findings of the study indicate that the issue of favourable feedback is associated with the issue of confidence in the effectiveness of favourable feedback and commitment to provide favourable feedback. Improvements need to be made to increase the effectiveness of performance appraisal and further studies are needed to address the problems that occur.

Completing a Questionnaire at Home Prior to Needs Assessment in General Practice: A Qualitative Study of Cancer Patients’ Experience

2015 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
pp. 223-230 ◽  
Author(s):  
Susanne Thayssen ◽  
Dorte Gilså Hansen ◽  
Jens Søndergaard ◽  
Mette Terp Høybye ◽  
Palle Mark Christensen ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
General Practice ◽  
Qualitative Study ◽  
Needs Assessment ◽  
Cancer Patients ◽  
Patients Experience ◽  
At Home

scholarly journals Inequalities in Private Tutoring of English: A Phenomenological Qualitative Study Based on Bangladeshi Higher Secondary Students

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Monjurul Islam ◽  
Shams Hoque ◽  
Kazi Enamul Hoque
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Study ◽  
Secondary Students ◽  
Lived Experiences ◽  
Structured Interview ◽  
Phenomenological Analysis ◽  
Private Tutoring ◽  
Financial Capability ◽  
One To One ◽  
Negative Impacts ◽  
Insight Into

This phenomenological qualitative study analyzes the lived experiences of eleven Bangladeshi higher secondary students in mainstream schools to provide insight into their thoughts, feelings, beliefs, values, and assumptions of private tutoring in English (PT-E). The study also focused on PT-E that contribute to inequalities between students who have access to private tutoring and those who do not. Each participant participated in a one-to-one in-depth semi-structured interview. Using phenomenological analysis, 321 significant statements and three themes emerged. The data show that unequal practice, discrimination due to financial capability, and social psyche for PT-E that influences students to widen the negative impacts of PT-E between students, particularly those who do not have an access in private tutoring of English (PT-E).

“Only in My Dreams Could Happen”- A Greek Gay Man’s Experience of Intimate Relationships in a Country that Has Just Passed a Same-Sex Union Law; a Qualitative Study Using Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis

2017 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 158
Author(s):  
Maria Matiaki ◽  
Jane Montague
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Study ◽  
Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis ◽  
Positive Emotions ◽  
Structured Interview ◽  
Phenomenological Analysis ◽  
Transcript Analysis ◽  
Equal Rights ◽  
Same Sex ◽  
Greek Society ◽  
Wide Acceptance

This study investigated how a Greek gay man experienced his homosexuality over the course of his life, while living in Greece. Research has shown that sexuality does not play an important role in variables such as intimacy, and love (Elizur - Mintzer, 2003; Wagner, Remien - Carballo-Dieguez, 2000). Social and cultural parameters however affect sexuality acceptance and psychological wellbeing (Bader, 2009; Wight, LeBlanc - Lee Badgett, 2013). In the Greek society many gay men over the years chose to conceal their sexual identity out of fear of harassment (Veremis et al, 2013). Greece however has just passed a new same-sex union law aiming at giving equal rights to homosexual couples. This study based on a single interview case, aimed at interpreting the participant’s reality under the premises of Interpretative phenomenological analysis. The participant, a 42 year old gay man, participated in an one hour semi-structured interview. Four themes emerged as a result of the transcript analysis; the need to be normal; time as a construct in his life; the importance of micro and macro environment; dealing with feelings and emotions. The participant’s need for safety and comfort, the emotional implication from lack of it, as well as his positive emotions as a result of intimacy, love and wide acceptance have emerged from the analysis of the theme “dealing with feelings and emotions”. The findings of the analysis are supported by existing literature. The nature of this qualitative study has helped the researcher to give voice to the participant and to analyze his experiences and concerns from a psychological perspective (Larkin, Watts, - Clifton, 2006).

scholarly journals When the mask comes off: Mothers’ experiences of parenting a daughter with autism spectrum condition

Autism ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 24 (6) ◽  
pp. 1546-1556
Author(s):  
James Anderson ◽  
Charles Marley ◽  
Karri Gillespie-Smith ◽  
Leonie Carter ◽  
Ken MacMahon
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Study ◽  
Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis ◽  
Structured Interview ◽  
Autism Spectrum ◽  
Phenomenological Analysis ◽  
Diagnostic Process ◽  
Autism Spectrum Condition ◽  
Spectrum Condition ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Mothers Experiences

There is limited knowledge and research on the experiences of having a daughter with autism spectrum condition from a mother’s perspective. This study aims to explore the experiences of mothers who care for a daughter with autism spectrum condition, with a particular focus on female autism spectrum condition presentation. Ten mothers of daughters with autism spectrum condition took part in a semi-structured interview. Interpretative phenomenological analysis was used to analyse the data. Five superordinate themes emerged: ‘Girls have autism too’, ‘She’s a chameleon’, ‘The impact of the diagnosis’, ‘Impact on mums’ and ‘Day-to-day life’. These findings add to our knowledge of how female autism spectrum condition presents and of the experiences directly related to being the mother of a daughter with autism spectrum condition. The findings have implications for clinicians that carry out autism spectrum condition assessments and provide insights into areas where additional support can be provided to mothers and daughters. Lay abstract Parents of children with autism spectrum condition report increased stress and difficulties compared with parents of typically developing children. Our knowledge and understanding of how autism spectrum condition presents in autistic females is currently limited and parents of this population may experience challenges when raising their daughter. Given that mothers are often the main caregiver of a child with autism spectrum condition, they may have useful insights into the experiences of parenting a daughter with autism spectrum condition. Therefore, a qualitative study was undertaken to explore what mothers’ experiences are of parenting a daughter with autism spectrum condition. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with 10 mothers of daughters with autism spectrum condition. The interviews were analysed using interpretative phenomenological analysis. Five main themes emerged from the qualitative study (‘Girls have autism too’, ‘She’s a chameleon’, ‘The impact of the diagnosis’, ‘Impact on mums’ and ‘Day-to-day life’). The findings of this study expand our current knowledge of the experiences and challenges faced by mothers raising a daughter with autism spectrum condition. Mothers hold a vast amount of knowledge on their daughters’ autism spectrum condition which could inform the diagnostic process and clinical practice. Considering these results, it is important that clinicians support mothers and the family system around children with an autism spectrum condition diagnosis.

scholarly journals Eight Hypotheses on Technology Use and Mental Wellbeing: A Cross-Cultural Phenomenological Study of Gaming during the COVID-19 Pandemic

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Veli-Matti Karhulahti ◽  
Henri Nerg ◽  
Tanja Laitinen ◽  
Antti Päivinen ◽  
Yingrong Chen
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Study ◽  
Technology Use ◽  
Phenomenological Study ◽  
Wide Spectrum ◽  
Social Experience ◽  
Phenomenological Analysis ◽  
Cross Cultural ◽  
Mental Wellbeing ◽  
Interpretive Phenomenological Analysis ◽  
Social Gaming

In this nonconfirmatory qualitative study, we pursued a range of possible answers regarding gaming’s role in coping with, managing, and surviving the consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020. With the help of an explorative survey (n=793), a gaming-based interview frame for interpretive phenomenological analysis on Chinese (n=10) and Finnish (n=10) interviews was developed and applied. The interpreted range of experiences yielded an experiential typology consisting of eight macro types, with a specific statically testable psychological hypothesis drawn from each. As a side product, we found a wide spectrum of social experience related to videogame play, which we present as a 27-component taxonomy of social gaming. The study supports including personally meaningful solitary gaming to the existing policies that promote social videogame play during lockdown situations.

scholarly journals Caring for cancer patients facing death: nurse's perception and experience

2020 ◽  
Vol 73 (suppl 5) ◽  
Author(s):  
Marina Macedo Funes ◽  
Marcia Wanderley de Moraes ◽  
Mariana Lucas da Rocha Cunha ◽  
Fabiane de Amorim Almeida
Keyword(s):  
Content Analysis ◽  
Life Cycle ◽  
Clinical Practice ◽  
Qualitative Study ◽  
Cancer Patients ◽  
Private Hospital ◽  
Structured Interview ◽  
Natural Process ◽  
Effective Strategies ◽  
Dying Patients

ABSTRACT Objective: To know the experiences and perceptions of nurses who care for dying cancer patients. Method: A descriptive, qualitative study, developed in a private hospital in Sao Paulo, with a total of nine nurses, aged between 24 and 46 years old, who participated in a semi-structured interview. Results: Through Bardin's Content Analysis, three categories were highlighted: Death as a natural process and the final stage of the life cycle; Although it is difficult, it is important to get emotionally involved with dying patients and their family; and Reflecting on their experiences in the care of dying patients and their family. Final Considerations: The nurses' experiences and perceptions of the death of cancer patients showed the professional's involvement and feelings of anxiety and anguish. Adopting effective strategies to address people who are suffering, in the context of the study, can provide subsidies that will guide clinical practice in health.

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