International Journal of Qualitative Studies on Health and Well-Being最新文献

Older adults' lived experiences of caring relationships with home care nurses - being in an in-between restricted or enabled existential freedom. 老年人与家庭护理护士的护理关系的生活经历-处于受限制或允许的存在自由之间。

IF 2.3 4区医学

International Journal of Qualitative Studies on Health and Well-Being Pub Date : 2025-12-31 Epub Date: 2025-10-02 DOI: 10.1080/17482631.2025.2566201

Karoline Lang Mathiesen, Elisabeth Lindberg, Kristina Nässén, Fiona Cowdell, Lina Palmér

{"title":"Older adults' lived experiences of caring relationships with home care nurses - being in an in-between restricted or enabled existential freedom.","authors":"Karoline Lang Mathiesen, Elisabeth Lindberg, Kristina Nässén, Fiona Cowdell, Lina Palmér","doi":"10.1080/17482631.2025.2566201","DOIUrl":"10.1080/17482631.2025.2566201","url":null,"abstract":"Purpose: The aim of this study is to describe the essential meaning of the phenomenon of caring relationships in home care for older adults in Denmark, based on their lived experiences of caring relationships with home care nurses.Methods: Ten older adults receiving home care from registered nurses were interviewed, and a phenomenological analysis was conducted according to the methodological principles of the reflective lifeworld research approach.Results: The essential meaning of the phenomenon is described as \"being in an in-between state in which one's existential freedom is enabled or restricted\". This involves being forced to relate and adapt to home care nurses as freedom givers or freedom takers. This is explored further in the three constituents; Space for authenticity and vulnerability, creating conditions for existential freedom, and being in an in-between space between knowing and not knowing.Conclusions: The phenomenon of caring relationships adds an important aspect to understanding well-being in home care for older adults. To live well in old age, existential concerns must be placed at the core of caring and older adults must be given the possibility to act freely and authentically in order not to feel like an object of care.","PeriodicalId":51468,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Qualitative Studies on Health and Well-Being","volume":"20 1","pages":"2566201"},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2025-12-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12493596/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145207772","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Caring as a potential existential refuge from intimate partner violence during the breastfeeding period: a reflective lifeworld study. 在母乳喂养期间，照顾作为一种潜在的逃避亲密伴侣暴力的生存避难所：一项反思性生活世界研究。

IF 2.3 4区医学

International Journal of Qualitative Studies on Health and Well-Being Pub Date : 2025-12-31 Epub Date: 2025-10-06 DOI: 10.1080/17482631.2025.2568022

Ida Gustafsson, Lina Palmér, Katarina Karlsson, Aleksandra Jarling

{"title":"Caring as a potential existential refuge from intimate partner violence during the breastfeeding period: a reflective lifeworld study.","authors":"Ida Gustafsson, Lina Palmér, Katarina Karlsson, Aleksandra Jarling","doi":"10.1080/17482631.2025.2568022","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/17482631.2025.2568022","url":null,"abstract":"Purpose: Intimate partner violence (IPV) during the breastfeeding period endangers women's health and well-being. From a caring science perspective, it may be understood as suffering, potentially reduced through caring. This study aims to describe the meaning of caring, as experienced by women exposed to IPV during the breastfeeding period.Methods: Nine women with experience of IPV during the breastfeeding period participated in lifeworld interviews, analyzed phenomenologically following the methodological principles of reflective lifeworld research (RLR).Results: Caring, as experienced by women exposed to IPV during the breastfeeding period, means a potential existential refuge, further described by the constituents: an encounter requiring mutual invitation and trust; an opportunity to rediscover oneself when reflected in another's gaze; being met with insight influences the experience of exposedness; the possibility to get a break from exposedness; and being alleviated from loneliness when confirmed.Conclusions: For care to be caring in this context it needs to be lifeworld-led and based on insights into the existential situation of breastfeeding women exposed to IPV. Through an encounter of mutual invitation and trust, caring has the potential to be an existential refuge, enabling rest, confirmation, reflection and escape from loneliness.","PeriodicalId":51468,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Qualitative Studies on Health and Well-Being","volume":"20 1","pages":"2568022"},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2025-12-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145240389","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Female body perception: social norms, criticism, and the impact of weight perception. 女性身体感知：社会规范、批评和体重感知的影响。

IF 2.3 4区医学

International Journal of Qualitative Studies on Health and Well-Being Pub Date : 2025-12-31 Epub Date: 2025-09-29 DOI: 10.1080/17482631.2025.2564088

Reşat Sadık, Gizem Nur Yılmaz

{"title":"Female body perception: social norms, criticism, and the impact of weight perception.","authors":"Reşat Sadık, Gizem Nur Yılmaz","doi":"10.1080/17482631.2025.2564088","DOIUrl":"10.1080/17482631.2025.2564088","url":null,"abstract":"Purpose: This study aims to explore the multifaceted nature of women's body perception and the personal and social factors that influence it. The research investigates how societal expectations, health concerns, and self-perception intersect in shaping women's views of their own bodies.Methods: Adopting a phenomenological approach, this qualitative study involved semi-structured interviews with 30 women aged 18-65 from diverse socioeconomic backgrounds. The data collection tool-a structured interview form-was developed through a literature review and expert consultation, and it was piloted for validity. Interviews were conducted both face-to-face and online, transcribed, and then analyzed using a phenomenologically informed thematic analysis. Three major themes were identified through high inter-rater agreement (over 90%): Physical Features and Health, Societal Pressures and Criticism, and Self-Perception and Emotions.Results: Findings indicate that women's body perception is shaped by intersecting factors such as age, media portrayals, cultural norms, social surroundings, and lived experiences. Within the theme of Physical Features and Health, concerns around \"Weight and Health\" emerged most frequently, revealing the strong link between body perception and health consciousness.Conclusions: The study underscores the need for social and educational interventions that promote body positivity and challenge restrictive beauty norms.","PeriodicalId":51468,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Qualitative Studies on Health and Well-Being","volume":"20 1","pages":"2564088"},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2025-12-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12481526/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145187312","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Exploring social detachment among older adults in non-urban Southern Taiwan: a qualitative study. 台湾南部非都市老年人的社会疏离：一项质性研究。

IF 2.3 4区医学

International Journal of Qualitative Studies on Health and Well-Being Pub Date : 2025-12-31 Epub Date: 2025-09-17 DOI: 10.1080/17482631.2025.2560166

Chia-Ming Yen, Wei-Lieh Huang

{"title":"Exploring social detachment among older adults in non-urban Southern Taiwan: a qualitative study.","authors":"Chia-Ming Yen, Wei-Lieh Huang","doi":"10.1080/17482631.2025.2560166","DOIUrl":"10.1080/17482631.2025.2560166","url":null,"abstract":"Purpose: Yulin, an agricultural region and one of Taiwan's the oldest counties, has older adults who may experience loneliness, social isolation, and detachment. This study investigates their attitudes and perspectives regarding social detachment and social connection.Method: We purposively sampled thirty participants from the Social Detachment Questionnaire for the Older Population (SDQO) study in Yunlin and conducted in-depth interviews to explore perceived social detachment and connection, followed by qualitative thematic analysis.Results: Five themes and twenty-two subthemes were identified, revealing interrelations among some subthemes. Participants, with a median age of 74, included 14 males and 16 females. Environmental gerontology is examined from social and psychological perspectives, highlighting that socially detached individuals often exhibit disinterest in social interactions, feelings of interiority, and negative personalities traits. Such individuals are harder to reach and are less common in non-urban areas due to strong community ties. Fostering residential attachment and neighbourhood trust, along with community course and activities, effectively mitigate loneliness and social isolation.Conclusions: Targeted interventions that enhance the quantity and quality of interpersonal relationships are vital for addressing the specific causes of loneliness, social isolation, and detachment, thus improving social connectedness and overall well-being among older adults in Yunlin.","PeriodicalId":51468,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Qualitative Studies on Health and Well-Being","volume":"20 1","pages":"2560166"},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2025-12-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12444919/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145076506","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Collaboration, coordination, and cooperation in occupational health and safety management: perspectives of managers, human resource practitioners, and occupational health and safety representatives. 职业健康与安全管理中的协作、协调与合作：管理者、人力资源从业者和职业健康与安全代表的观点。

IF 2.3 4区医学

International Journal of Qualitative Studies on Health and Well-Being Pub Date : 2025-12-31 Epub Date: 2025-09-24 DOI: 10.1080/17482631.2025.2563399

Cathrine Reineholm, Daniel Lundqvist, Christian Ståhl

{"title":"Collaboration, coordination, and cooperation in occupational health and safety management: perspectives of managers, human resource practitioners, and occupational health and safety representatives.","authors":"Cathrine Reineholm, Daniel Lundqvist, Christian Ståhl","doi":"10.1080/17482631.2025.2563399","DOIUrl":"10.1080/17482631.2025.2563399","url":null,"abstract":"Purpose: To increase knowledge about organizations' OHSM, a specific focus should be placed on how managers, HR practitioners, and OHS representatives conduct OHSM.Methods: A content analysis was carried out based on semi-structured interviews with 18 managers, 6 HR practitioners, and 5 OHS representatives in different industries and occupations.Results: All three roles had several OHS assignments. Managers initiate, lead, and check activities; HR practitioners develop routines and guidelines (strategic approach), while OHS representatives often initiate regular safety rounds and inspections (practical approach). The organizational conditions for fulfilling their assignments varied among the three roles. In general, managers and HR practitioners had more favourable conditions, while OHS representatives were dependent on others. Collaboration took place mostly between roles involved in strategic OHSM, i.e., top management and HR practitioners, while cooperation took place between roles involved in operational OHSM, i.e., (first-line) managers and OHS representatives. Regulation-based coordination occurred in a top-down manner through HR practitioners, while reactive coordination occurred in a bottom-up manner through OHS representatives.Conclusions: For more effective and successful OHSM, more developed interprofessional collaboration is needed between all involved roles. Such collaboration needs to be promoted through improved organizational conditions, regardless of role or organizational level.","PeriodicalId":51468,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Qualitative Studies on Health and Well-Being","volume":"20 1","pages":"2563399"},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2025-12-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12462417/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145132454","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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"The physical environment is so important, but it's not everything"-nursing staffs' experiences of moving to a new purpose-built forensic psychiatric clinic. “物理环境很重要，但它不是一切”——护理人员搬到专门建造的法医精神病诊所时的经历。

IF 2.3 4区医学

International Journal of Qualitative Studies on Health and Well-Being Pub Date : 2025-12-31 Epub Date: 2025-10-04 DOI: 10.1080/17482631.2025.2566209

Eleni Amico, Ulrica Horberg, Hanna Tuvesson

{"title":"\"The physical environment is so important, but it's not everything\"-nursing staffs' experiences of moving to a new purpose-built forensic psychiatric clinic.","authors":"Eleni Amico, Ulrica Horberg, Hanna Tuvesson","doi":"10.1080/17482631.2025.2566209","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/17482631.2025.2566209","url":null,"abstract":"Purpose: The redesigning of psychiatric care environments has been increasingly recognized as a factor that could influence therapeutic outcomes and staff experiences. This study aimed to describe nursing staff's experiences of caring for patients after moving to a new purpose-built forensic psychiatric clinic.Methods: Nine semi-structured interviews were conducted with the nursing staff. A thematic analysis following Braun and Clarke's approach was used, resulting in five themes describing nursing staff's experiences of caring for patients in this new setting.Results: The findings showed that the care environment was pleasant and provided possibilities for mental recovery for the patients; however, the design of the environment in combination with a lack of staff presence led to a decrease in interactions and connections with the nursing staff.Conclusion: The findings indicate that moving to the new purpose-built facility may benefit patients' well-being and autonomy through an improved physical care environment. The beneficial impact of a number of psychosocial factors in the care environment has been contemporaneously undermined, which affects the working environment and the possibility for the nursing staff to develop caring relationships. This study emphasizes the importance of continuous staff presence in ensuring good and safe care.","PeriodicalId":51468,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Qualitative Studies on Health and Well-Being","volume":"20 1","pages":"2566209"},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2025-12-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145228635","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Men and type 2 diabetes: how everyday knowledge remains unshared in gendered medical encounters. 男性和2型糖尿病：日常知识如何在两性医疗接触中保持不共享。

IF 2.1 4区医学

International Journal of Qualitative Studies on Health and Well-Being Pub Date : 2025-12-01 Epub Date: 2025-04-28 DOI: 10.1080/17482631.2025.2495379

Louise Søgaard Hansen, Anne-Louise Bjerregaard, Peter Bindslev Iversen, Nicole Thualagant

{"title":"Men and type 2 diabetes: how everyday knowledge remains unshared in gendered medical encounters.","authors":"Louise Søgaard Hansen, Anne-Louise Bjerregaard, Peter Bindslev Iversen, Nicole Thualagant","doi":"10.1080/17482631.2025.2495379","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/17482631.2025.2495379","url":null,"abstract":"Purpose: Managing everyday life with type 2 diabetes can be challenging. In particular, men considered vulnerable are often portrayed as lacking self-management. This paper challenges this assumption by highlighting the unheeded knowledge and self-care practices these men develop, and by exploring how these are included in healthcare encounters at an outpatient clinic in Denmark.Methods: Data were collected through observations of clinical practice and subsequent interviews with 12 men who have type 2 diabetes. A thematic analysis was conducted to explore their daily experiences of managing chronic illness and their encounters with healthcare professionals.Results: Men considered vulnerable manifest important knowledge and strategies in managing type 2 diabetes in their daily lives, often perceiving the illness as barely present. Their encounters with healthcare professionals, particularly females, often draw on repertoires from previous experiences with (often female) care professionals and seem to follow a certain script for (female) carers encountering disadvantaged (male) care recipients. These dynamics frequently overlook the men's lived experiences and self-management knowledge.Conclusion: Men considered vulnerable develop important coping strategies and knowledge for managing type 2 diabetes in their everyday lives. However, their encounters with health professionals often perpetuate gendered assumptions and exclusion of their everyday experiences and knowledge.","PeriodicalId":51468,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Qualitative Studies on Health and Well-Being","volume":"20 1","pages":"2495379"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2025-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12039422/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144059713","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Hardship, coping, and joy: ACPs' experiences of working through the COVID-19 pandemic. 艰难、应对和欢乐：acp在COVID-19大流行期间的工作经历。

IF 2.1 4区医学

International Journal of Qualitative Studies on Health and Well-Being Pub Date : 2025-12-01 Epub Date: 2025-05-01 DOI: 10.1080/17482631.2025.2495382

Emily Heavey, Melanie Rogers, Vanessa Taylor, Lihua Wu, Angela Windle

{"title":"Hardship, coping, and joy: ACPs' experiences of working through the COVID-19 pandemic.","authors":"Emily Heavey, Melanie Rogers, Vanessa Taylor, Lihua Wu, Angela Windle","doi":"10.1080/17482631.2025.2495382","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/17482631.2025.2495382","url":null,"abstract":"Purpose: This paper reports Advanced Clinical Practitioners' (ACPs) experiences of working in the United Kingdom during the COVID-19 pandemic, specifically the factors that impacted their mental, emotional, and physical wellbeing.Methods: The study presents qualitative data collected via two surveys in 2020 and 2021. Several survey questions elicited free-text responses, including a specific request for narratives. Narrative responses were thematically analysed and cross-referenced with non-narrative qualitative responses.Results: Three factors contributed to poor wellbeing: a changing work environment and expectations; bearing witness to the impact of Covid on patients; and the risk of catching and spreading Covid. Three factors improved wellbeing, whether through mitigating these challenges or directly, in the absence of specific hardship. These factors were new working practices; support structures; and individual resilience and self-managed coping strategies.Conclusion: This study expands research on professionals' experiences of working through Covid to the under-researched experience of ACPs and demonstrates the intersecting and overlapping nature of factors contributing to poor and positive wellbeing. There are significant implications for stakeholders who need to consider the impact of future pandemics and opportunities for supporting and promoting wellbeing post-pandemic. The analysis also highlights the rich narrative data that can be collected using surveys.","PeriodicalId":51468,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Qualitative Studies on Health and Well-Being","volume":"20 1","pages":"2495382"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2025-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12051582/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144048337","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Decision-making participation of people with mental health difficulties at a community rehabilitation center in Taiwan. 台湾某社区康复中心心理健康障碍者的决策参与。

IF 2.1 4区医学

International Journal of Qualitative Studies on Health and Well-Being Pub Date : 2025-12-01 Epub Date: 2025-03-19 DOI: 10.1080/17482631.2025.2475566

Meng-Hsuan Hsieh, Heng-Hao Chang

{"title":"Decision-making participation of people with mental health difficulties at a community rehabilitation center in Taiwan.","authors":"Meng-Hsuan Hsieh, Heng-Hao Chang","doi":"10.1080/17482631.2025.2475566","DOIUrl":"10.1080/17482631.2025.2475566","url":null,"abstract":"Purpose: This study employed institutional ethnography to analyse the experiences of individuals with mental health difficulties in a Taiwanese community rehabilitation centre.Methods: This study applies the institutional ethnography method. Data were gathered through participatory observation; in-depth interviews with individuals with mental health difficulties and professionals; and textual analysis of policies, regulations, and practices within the centre.Results: First, entrenched power dynamics persist, stifling discourse on the agency of individuals with mental health difficulties. The prevalent medical model continues to govern service provision, reinforcing professional hierarchies that impede collaboration. Second, community rehabilitation centres exacerbate disadvantages for case managers (who are muted in the presence of professionals) and service users (who lose autonomy in professional discussions). Third, compliance assessments overshadow individualized care. Fourth, the community rehabilitation model may inadvertently confine service users, prolonging institutionalization and conforming to societal norms.Conclusions: This study underscores the need for significant improvements in Taiwan's mental healthcare system to emphasize individuals' rights.","PeriodicalId":51468,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Qualitative Studies on Health and Well-Being","volume":"20 1","pages":"2475566"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2025-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11924254/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143659750","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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"Being alone is no fun"- experiences with loneliness by older people: a qualitative study. “孤独无趣”——老年人的孤独经历：一项定性研究。

IF 2.1 4区医学

International Journal of Qualitative Studies on Health and Well-Being Pub Date : 2025-12-01 Epub Date: 2025-06-25 DOI: 10.1080/17482631.2025.2524462

Katja Goetz, Johanna Bergsträsser, Teresa Schmahl, Jost Steinhäuser

{"title":"\"Being alone is no fun\"- experiences with loneliness by older people: a qualitative study.","authors":"Katja Goetz, Johanna Bergsträsser, Teresa Schmahl, Jost Steinhäuser","doi":"10.1080/17482631.2025.2524462","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/17482631.2025.2524462","url":null,"abstract":"Purpose: Loneliness is increasingly prevalent in all age groups and has become a public health problem for older people. Moreover, loneliness can have a negative impact on psychological and physical well-being. This qualitative study aimed to evaluate older adults' experiences of loneliness and explore their barriers and strategies to overcome their loneliness.Methods: A purposive sample of older adults (aged ≥60 years) participated in a semi-structured interview. The interviews were conducted between May and July 2024. The interviews were analysed using a qualitative content approach.Results: Overall, 27 older people were interviewed in this study. Loneliness was perceived as a temporary or permanent condition and was influenced by biographical context, health, and retirement pay status. Individual coping strategies and external support services were found to help avoid loneliness. Barriers were intra-individual factors such as shame and anxiety, their own health-related situation, and the public transportation situation.Conclusions: Money aspects, successful digital integration, and mobility-limiting diseases might be barriers that need to be considered when strategies against loneliness are developed. Moreover, it would be helpful to announce, use, and develop local structures at the community level to bring people together especially for people who are difficult to reach or feel stigmatized.","PeriodicalId":51468,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Qualitative Studies on Health and Well-Being","volume":"20 1","pages":"2524462"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2025-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144499180","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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