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- Title
Wellness and Religious Coping Among Thai Individuals Living with Chronic Kidney Disease in Southern California.
- Authors
Chatrung, Chutikarn; Sorajjakool, Siroj; Amnatsatsue, Kwanjai
- Abstract
This qualitative research is based on eight Thai participants living with chronic kidney disease living in Southern California. Four emerging themes are (a) wellness, (b) self-care, (c) impact of illness on life, and (d) religious coping. Family relations, social support, and religious coping affected self-care and how they managed their everyday activities. Knowledge about the disease and its mechanism were crucial to the decision-making process in relation to self-care. Good self-care and appropriate self-management led to wellness and improved quality of life. Religion provided a belief system focusing on the place of acceptance that was essential for coping with emotional stressors.
- Subjects
THAILAND; CALIFORNIA; PSYCHOLOGICAL adaptation; CHRONIC kidney failure; DIET; HEMODIALYSIS; IMMIGRANTS; INTERVIEWING; KIDNEY transplantation; QUALITY of life; RELIGION; HEALTH self-care; ETHNOLOGY research; THEMATIC analysis
- Publication
Journal of Religion & Health, 2015, Vol 54, Issue 6, p2198
- ISSN
0022-4197
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s10943-014-9958-4