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Symposium: Challenges in the context of self-care and family caregivers
Abstract
Purpose: To characterize the phenomenon of dependence on self-care at discharge moment and to explore in depth the process of self-care autonomy reconstruction.
Methods: Qualitative study.
Results: During the transition there are factors considered critical to the personal conditions, community resources, the support and the health condition that determines the way of experiencing the transition. Personal condition identified that interfere in the process was awareness, motivation, engagement, self-care attitude, make decisions capacity, understand self-care as situation or condition; meanings attributed to the changes and health status. Support in the process of rebuilding of autonomy is fundamental and may be economic, spiritual, family and community level. Society can promote socialization, promoting the involvement and facilitating the process or increase and promote social stigma associated with this very issue of dependency.
Conclusion: The nursing therapeutics promoters of healthy transition that emerged throughout the study were: promoting awareness; promoting self-care; facilitating decision making; promoting use of equipment; promoting housing changes; and, promoting access to available resources.
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Presentation
Format Type
Text-based Document
Study Design/Type
N/A
Research Approach
Qualitative Research
Keywords:
Autonomy, Nursing Transition, Self-Care
Recommended Citation
Brito, Alice, "Critical factors on autonomy reconstruction after self-care dependency" (2014). INRC (Congress). 341.
https://www.sigmarepository.org/inrc/2014/presentations_2014/341
Conference Name
25th International Nursing Research Congress
Conference Host
Sigma Theta Tau International
Conference Location
Hong Kong
Conference Year
2014
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Critical factors on autonomy reconstruction after self-care dependency
Hong Kong
Purpose: To characterize the phenomenon of dependence on self-care at discharge moment and to explore in depth the process of self-care autonomy reconstruction.
Methods: Qualitative study.
Results: During the transition there are factors considered critical to the personal conditions, community resources, the support and the health condition that determines the way of experiencing the transition. Personal condition identified that interfere in the process was awareness, motivation, engagement, self-care attitude, make decisions capacity, understand self-care as situation or condition; meanings attributed to the changes and health status. Support in the process of rebuilding of autonomy is fundamental and may be economic, spiritual, family and community level. Society can promote socialization, promoting the involvement and facilitating the process or increase and promote social stigma associated with this very issue of dependency.
Conclusion: The nursing therapeutics promoters of healthy transition that emerged throughout the study were: promoting awareness; promoting self-care; facilitating decision making; promoting use of equipment; promoting housing changes; and, promoting access to available resources.