Illness Experience of Married Korean Women with Epilepsy
Journal of Korean Academy of Nursing
; : 289-304, 2017.
Article
en Ko
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ABSTRACT
PURPOSE: The purpose of this study was to understand and describe the illness experience of married Korean women with epilepsy. METHODS: Data were collected during 2015~2016 through individual in-depth interviews with 12 married women with epilepsy. Verbatim transcripts were analyzed using Giorgi's phenomenological analysis to uncover the meaning of the illness experience of the participants. RESULTS: The study results showed that the illness experience of married Korean women with epilepsy was clustered into a specific description of situated structure and a general description of situated structure. Six themes from 20 meaning units were identified: 1) Undermined self-esteem with stigma of being epileptic; 2) Limited social interaction; 3) Suffering sorrow as a ‘disqualified being’; 4) Shuttling back and forth across the boundary between healthy and epileptic; 5) Desperate struggle to meet the expectation of given role; 6) Self-empowering through self-restriction and realization. CONCLUSION: The findings from this study show that both the enacted and felt stigma of epilepsy impact on the life of married Korean women with epilepsy. Although the participants face social and interpersonal restriction and prejudices, they try their best to fulfill their role rather than to be cared for as patients. As the stigma and hardships of the participants are related to lack of knowledge, health professionals should focus not just on clinical intervention but also on providing targeted educational programs and counseling for these women to dispel the stigma of the disease and to increase their quality of life.
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Asunto principal:
Prejuicio
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Calidad de Vida
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Matrimonio
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Consejo
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Investigación Cualitativa
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Epilepsia
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Empleos en Salud
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Relaciones Interpersonales
Tipo de estudio:
Prognostic_studies
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Qualitative_research
Límite:
Female
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Humans
Idioma:
Ko
Revista:
Journal of Korean Academy of Nursing
Año:
2017
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Article