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- Title
Help-seeking process in women with irritable bowel syndrome. Part 2: discussion.
- Abstract
In part 1 of this 2-part study exploring the help-seeking process of women with irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), the authors presented the literature review, objectives, methodology and results. The reasons for seeking health care for IBS remain inadequately understood, and this process often seems complicated with poor outcomes. Thus, the aim of this study was to explore the entire help-seeking process of women with IBS. Specific objectives were to understand the roles of abdominal pain and psychological distress. A mixed method design was chosen to achieve the aim of the study: the qualitative part supports the help-seeking process's theorization and the quantitative part serves to describe abdominal pain and psychological distress. The emergent model based on the interviews of nineteen women with IBS includes three categories: health problem, personal characteristics and help-seeking process. The last one represents the core of the process. In this second part, the authors' provide a discussion of the results and propose future nursing interventions.
- Publication
Gastrointestinal Nursing, 2008, Vol 6, Issue 10, p28
- ISSN
1479-5248
- Publication type
Journal Article