Self-care experiences of male spouses of people with dementia: a descriptive phenomenological study.

IF 2.8 3区医学 Q3 GERIATRICS & GERONTOLOGY

Aging & Mental Health Pub Date : 2025-03-23 DOI:10.1080/13607863.2025.2481968

Sua Jung, Jun-Ah Song

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Abstract

Objectives: To explore the essential structure of self-care experiences of male spouses who provide caregiving to their spouses with dementia.

Method: This study utilized Giorgi's phenomenological method to explore the essential structure of self-care experience among five male spouses.

Results: The structure consists of four common constituents: construction of self-care meaning as a shared body with the spouse, perception of inevitable change due to an unstable situation, building new patterns of care, and repetitive reflection and encouragement for improving self-care.

Conclusion: The study findings contribute to a holistic understanding of the cognitive framework underlying self-care experiences among male caregivers who provide care for spouses with dementia. The findings highlight current self-care practices of male spouses, and they provide foundational qualitative insights that can inform the design of interventions and support strategies aimed at promoting self-care in this population through the use of cognitive restructuring.

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Aging & Mental Health 医学-精神病学

CiteScore

7.00

自引率

2.90%

发文量

176

审稿时长

4-8 weeks

期刊介绍： Aging & Mental Health provides a leading international forum for the rapidly expanding field which investigates the relationship between the aging process and mental health. The journal addresses the mental changes associated with normal and abnormal or pathological aging, as well as the psychological and psychiatric problems of the aging population. The journal also has a strong commitment to interdisciplinary and innovative approaches that explore new topics and methods. Aging & Mental Health covers the biological, psychological and social aspects of aging as they relate to mental health. In particular it encourages an integrated approach for examining various biopsychosocial processes and etiological factors associated with psychological changes in the elderly. It also emphasizes the various strategies, therapies and services which may be directed at improving the mental health of the elderly and their families. In this way the journal promotes a strong alliance among the theoretical, experimental and applied sciences across a range of issues affecting mental health and aging. The emphasis of the journal is on rigorous quantitative, and qualitative, research and, high quality innovative studies on emerging topics.