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- Title
Sol Ventrikül Destek Cihazı Olan Hastaların COVID-19 Pandemisi Sırasında Yaşam Deneyimleri: Nitel Çalışma.
- Authors
ÇELİKTÜRK DORUKER, Nihal; DEMİR KORKMAZ, Fatma
- Abstract
Objective: In this study, it was aimed to examine the life experiences of patients with a left ventricular assist device during the COVID-19 pandemic. Methods: In this qualitative research, an interpretative phenomenological approach was used. The research was conducted with seven patients who had a left ventricular assist device implanted before the pandemic in the Cardiovascular Surgery Department of a university hospital and came to the Heart-Lung Transplant Unit for outpatient control. Data were collected through semi-structured interviews using the “Sociodemographic and Descriptive Characteristics Form of the Patients” and “Semi-Structured Interview Form”. Content analysis approach and thematic analysis were used in the analysis of qualitative data. Results: The age of the seven patients included in the study is between the ages of 52-65. Five of these seven patients were male, primary school graduates, and six were married. Again, bridge for transplantation was implanted in five of the seven patients and a last ventricular assist device for destination therapy in two of them. The patients are in the New York Heart Association class II-IV stage of heart failure. Left ventricular assist device stay in patients varies between 40-113 months. As a result of this research, four themes were formed: psychological burden, obstacles in maintaining health, uncertainty, and hold on to life. Conclusion: It was determined that patients with left ventricular assist devices experienced difficulties, uncertainties and obstacles during the COVID-19 pandemic. However, despite all these, it was determined that the patients used coping methods to hold on to life.
- Subjects
PSYCHOLOGY of cardiac patients; QUALITATIVE research; ACADEMIC medical centers; HEART assist devices; INTERVIEWING; CONTENT analysis; UNCERTAINTY; EXPERIENCE; THEMATIC analysis; CARDIOVASCULAR surgery; RESEARCH methodology; PHENOMENOLOGY; COVID-19 pandemic
- Publication
Journal of Ege University Nursing Faculty (JEUNF), 2024, Vol 40, Issue 1, p135
- ISSN
2147-3463
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.53490/egehemsire.1257383