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Undergraduates' knowledge, attitudes, and behaviours associated with fad diets. 大学生对时尚饮食的认识、态度和行为。

IF 2.1 4区医学

International Journal of Qualitative Studies on Health and Well-Being Pub Date : 2024-12-01 Epub Date: 2024-01-30 DOI: 10.1080/17482631.2024.2309687

Andrea T Kozak, Noah Garber, Virginia Uhley

{"title":"Undergraduates' knowledge, attitudes, and behaviours associated with fad diets.","authors":"Andrea T Kozak, Noah Garber, Virginia Uhley","doi":"10.1080/17482631.2024.2309687","DOIUrl":"10.1080/17482631.2024.2309687","url":null,"abstract":"Purpose: We aimed to determine undergraduate students' use and knowledge of fad diets as well as examine how appealing students found these diets given the goal of rapid weight loss and/or improved health. Twenty-three students from a Midwestern university (mean age = 19.2, mean BMI = 27.35, 69.6% female) were recruited through new student orientations for this qualitative study. Approximately 52% of participants identified as White, 30% as Black, 13% as Asian, and 4% as multi-racial.Methods: Knowledge and opinions about fad diets were collected via focus groups and individual interviews. Coding of transcripts was conducted by hand using the constant comparative method and data were analysed based on grounded theory.Results: Two primary themes emerged: very negative views of fad diets and the importance of healthy eating. Although few participants had tried fad diets, they thought these diets: 1) did not lead to sustained weight loss, 2) were associated with disappointment and health issues, and 3) were money-making schemes delivered heavily through social media. Participants also valued healthy eating.Conclusion: Experimental studies are needed to examine how healthy eating among university students can be supported through credible sources, accurate information, and established connections via innovative social media platforms.","PeriodicalId":51468,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Qualitative Studies on Health and Well-Being","volume":"19 1","pages":"2309687"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2024-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10829839/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139643322","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 basic psychological needs within and across domains of physical activity. 探索体育活动领域内和跨领域的基本心理需求。

IF 1.8 4区医学

International Journal of Qualitative Studies on Health and Well-Being Pub Date : 2024-12-01 Epub Date: 2024-02-08 DOI: 10.1080/17482631.2024.2308994

Birgitte Westerskov Dalgas, Karsten Elmose-Østerlund, Thomas Viskum Gjelstrup Bredahl

{"title":"Exploring basic psychological needs within and across domains of physical activity.","authors":"Birgitte Westerskov Dalgas, Karsten Elmose-Østerlund, Thomas Viskum Gjelstrup Bredahl","doi":"10.1080/17482631.2024.2308994","DOIUrl":"10.1080/17482631.2024.2308994","url":null,"abstract":"Purpose: This study explored variations in adults' experience of satisfaction, unfulfilment and frustration of basic psychological needs within and across four domains of physical activity: Transport, household, occupation, and recreation.Methods: We utilized a qualitative approach, conducting semi-structured interviews with a diverse group of 42 Danish adults. The participants ranged in age from 16 to 79 years (mean age 49 years, SD 21 years), gender (45% men, 55% women), and physical activity levels (38% low, 33% average, 29% high). Data were analysed using a thematic analysis, applying Self-Determination Theory as the guiding framework.Results: In the Transport domain, while most activities were seen as utilitarian necessities, autonomy satisfaction emerged for some through control over their means of transport. In Household domain, tasks were generally viewed as obligatory; however, activities with personal significance led to autonomy satisfaction and skill development. Occupation-wise, physical activity satisfaction varied, with the nature of the job impacting feelings of autonomy and competence. For Recreation domain, personal choice dictated autonomy satisfaction, with competence and relatedness varying according to goal achievement and social interactions.Conclusion: The variations in the findings across domains indicate the effectiveness of applying strategies tailored to specific domains for enhancing need satisfaction.","PeriodicalId":51468,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Qualitative Studies on Health and Well-Being","volume":"19 1","pages":"2308994"},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2024-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10854434/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139703985","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 intersection between logical empiricism and qualitative nursing research: a post-structuralist analysis. 逻辑经验主义与定性护理研究之间的交叉：后结构主义分析。

IF 2.1 4区医学

International Journal of Qualitative Studies on Health and Well-Being Pub Date : 2024-12-01 Epub Date: 2024-02-12 DOI: 10.1080/17482631.2024.2315636

Martin Salzmann-Erikson

{"title":"The intersection between logical empiricism and qualitative nursing research: a post-structuralist analysis.","authors":"Martin Salzmann-Erikson","doi":"10.1080/17482631.2024.2315636","DOIUrl":"10.1080/17482631.2024.2315636","url":null,"abstract":"Purpose: To shed light on and analyse the intersection between logical empiricism and qualitative nursing research, and to emphasize a post-structuralist critique to traditional methodological constraints.Methods: In this study, a critical examination is conducted through a post-structuralist lens, evaluating entrenched methodologies within nursing research. This approach facilitates a nuanced exploration of the intersection between logical empiricism and qualitative nursing research, challenging traditional methodological paradigms.Results: The article focusing on the \"what abouts\" of sample size, analytic framework, data source, data analysis, and rigour and methodological considerations, challenging the predominance of semi-structured interviews and the reliance on spoken voice as primary data sources, and re-evaluating the conventional notion of \"rigour\".Conclusions: I advocate for a shift from qualitative positivism towards more interpretive and post-qualitative inquiries, this work proposes new trajectories through interpretive, critical, post-qualitative, and artistic turns in nursing research, aiming to transcend positivist limitations and foster a plurality of perspectives and research as praxis. Implications emphasize the need for nursing researchers to expand methodological horizons, incorporating visual and artistic methods to enrich understanding and representation of health experiences, moving beyond positivist norms towards a more inclusive and ethically sound research paradigm.","PeriodicalId":51468,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Qualitative Studies on Health and Well-Being","volume":"19 1","pages":"2315636"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2024-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10863514/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139724931","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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"People want better": a qualitative exploration of stakeholders' views on introducing well-being coordinators in the screen industry. "人们希望更好"：对利益相关者关于在银幕行业引入福利协调员的观点进行定性探索。

IF 1.8 4区医学

International Journal of Qualitative Studies on Health and Well-Being Pub Date : 2024-12-01 Epub Date: 2024-03-11 DOI: 10.1080/17482631.2024.2326681

John Goodwin, Eleanor McSherry, Ryan Goulding, James O'Mahony, Rachael O'Callaghan, Ciara Chambers

{"title":"\"People want better\": a qualitative exploration of stakeholders' views on introducing well-being coordinators in the screen industry.","authors":"John Goodwin, Eleanor McSherry, Ryan Goulding, James O'Mahony, Rachael O'Callaghan, Ciara Chambers","doi":"10.1080/17482631.2024.2326681","DOIUrl":"10.1080/17482631.2024.2326681","url":null,"abstract":"Purpose: There are several factors that negatively impact the well-being of those working in the screen industry. Consequently, the need to introduce Well-being Coordinators has been identified. This study explored the experiences of participants who undertook a Well-being Coordination course tailored for the screen sector. Additionally, it sought to delve into perspectives regarding well-being within the screen industry.Methods: Semi-structured interviews were conducted. The study was guided by an interpretive descriptive approach. Reflexive thematic analysis was used to analyse data.Findings: Five themes were identified: Opportunities and challenges working in the screen industry, co-existing with harassment, the need for change: importance of wellbeing, becoming a well-being co-ordinator: learning from the course, and the future of the well-being co-ordinator role: opportunities and challenges. The reality that cast and crew co-exist with several forms of harassment within the industry was noted. Despite this, there is hope for the future of the screen sector, particularly the positive impact the role of the Well-being Coordinator could have.Conclusions: The experiences of professionals across the screen industry vary; however, a pervasive culture of bullying and harassment is commonplace. Through the introduction of Well-being Coordinators, there is the potential to enact positive change.","PeriodicalId":51468,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Qualitative Studies on Health and Well-Being","volume":"19 1","pages":"2326681"},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2024-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10930092/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140095102","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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Nurse assistants' experiences of encountering patients in grief due to the death of a loved one - a qualitative study in municipal health and social care. 护士助理遇到因亲人去世而悲伤的病人的经历--市政卫生和社会护理领域的定性研究。

IF 1.8 4区医学

International Journal of Qualitative Studies on Health and Well-Being Pub Date : 2024-12-01 Epub Date: 2024-03-17 DOI: 10.1080/17482631.2024.2330116

Anne-Lie Larsson, Ingela Beck, Ann-Christin Janlöv, Eva-Lena Einberg

{"title":"Nurse assistants' experiences of encountering patients in grief due to the death of a loved one - a qualitative study in municipal health and social care.","authors":"Anne-Lie Larsson, Ingela Beck, Ann-Christin Janlöv, Eva-Lena Einberg","doi":"10.1080/17482631.2024.2330116","DOIUrl":"10.1080/17482631.2024.2330116","url":null,"abstract":"Purpose: The aim was to explore nurse assistants´ experiences of paying attention to and encountering patients receiving municipal health and social care, who are in grief due to the death of a loved one.Methods: A qualitative study with focus group interviews (n = 6) was conducted with nurse assistants (NAs) (n = 28) in municipal health and social care (n = 5) in southern Sweden. The data were analysed inductively using qualitative content analysis.Results: Three categories (1) Noticing changes in the patient, (2) Using different strategies to create a dialogue with the patient, (3) Experiencing challenges when encountering patients in grief, included eight sub-categories were identified. The result is captured in the theme of Having to be attentive to signs of grief after patients´ loss of loved ones, sensing the right time to approach and comfort, while having to cope with emotional challenges.Conclusions: The NAs encountered expressions of strong emotions from patients in grief, and even expressions of a desire to end their lives. Additionally, the NAs had to deal with their own emotions that were evoked when meeting patients in grief. These challenges indicate the need for enhanced conditions in the work culture, and improved training and supervision in health and social care.","PeriodicalId":51468,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Qualitative Studies on Health and Well-Being","volume":"19 1","pages":"2330116"},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2024-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10946262/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140144592","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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Secondhand smoke prevention through the perceptions of pregnant women with smoking family members: a Thailand study. 通过有吸烟家庭成员的孕妇的看法预防二手烟：泰国研究。

IF 1.8 4区医学

International Journal of Qualitative Studies on Health and Well-Being Pub Date : 2024-12-01 Epub Date: 2024-03-18 DOI: 10.1080/17482631.2024.2326109

Sunisa Chansaeng, Waraporn Boonchieng, Warangkana Naksen

{"title":"Secondhand smoke prevention through the perceptions of pregnant women with smoking family members: a Thailand study.","authors":"Sunisa Chansaeng, Waraporn Boonchieng, Warangkana Naksen","doi":"10.1080/17482631.2024.2326109","DOIUrl":"10.1080/17482631.2024.2326109","url":null,"abstract":"Purpose: Pregnant women with smoking family members are at risk of exposure to second-hand smoke, which leads to adverse pregnancy outcomes. Second-hand smoke prevention is thus important but remains less understood based on pregnant women's perceptions. This study aimed to describe the perceptions of pregnant women on second-hand smoke prevention.Methods: This study employed a qualitative descriptive approach. Data collection was performed between July and August 2023 through in-depth interviews with 17 pregnant women purposively selected from a province in central Thailand. The verbatim transcribed data were analysed using thematic analysis.Results: Five themes emerged: unclear understanding of second-hand smoke; influences shaping perceptions related to second-hand smoke; attempt to prevent second-hand smoke exposure; barriers to prevention of second-hand smoke exposure; and needs related to prevention of second-hand smoke exposure.Conclusion: The findings provide insights into second-hand smoke prevention from the perception of pregnant women with smoking family members. Healthcare professionals need to design interventions tailored to pregnant women's needs and involve smoking family members. It is necessary to develop and incorporate clinical guidelines into standard prenatal care to support healthcare personnel in identifying, assessing, educating, and mitigating the issue of second-hand smoking exposure.","PeriodicalId":51468,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Qualitative Studies on Health and Well-Being","volume":"19 1","pages":"2326109"},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2024-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10949832/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140159559","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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How culture shapes Chinese teacher's compassionate love. 文化如何塑造中国教师的仁爱之心

IF 1.8 4区医学

International Journal of Qualitative Studies on Health and Well-Being Pub Date : 2024-12-01 Epub Date: 2024-05-20 DOI: 10.1080/17482631.2024.2357147

Ling Lin, Meng Chen

{"title":"How culture shapes Chinese teacher's compassionate love.","authors":"Ling Lin, Meng Chen","doi":"10.1080/17482631.2024.2357147","DOIUrl":"10.1080/17482631.2024.2357147","url":null,"abstract":"Background: Love could play a role in motivating teachers to help students and is closely related to students' achievement and prosocial behaviour. Though influenced by culture, teachers' love is not adequately studied.Purpose: This study explores how Chinese teachers' compassionate love is expressed and how situational factors such as Chinese culture and history influence or motivate teachers to perceive and express compassionate love for students.Method: This study adopted a qualitative approach of narrative study by describing and investigating the experience of a Chinese middle school teacher and two middle school students and their parents during COVID-19 pandemic.Findings: Chinese teacher's compassionate love demonstrates some universal features in terms of emotional response, cognitive understanding and behaviour. Furthermore some Chinese culture-related features are also found: Chinese teachers behave in a caring and supporting way at the cost of sacrificing their own free time and comfort; an enduring long-term teacher-student relationship is valued; the Chinese culture encourages, sustains and motivates Chinese teacher's compassionate love.Discussion: Teacher's compassionate love is a multi-dimensional concept entailing some universal traits in cognition, emotion and behaviour. The perception and enactment of teacher's love is subject to situational factors. Some measures for compassionate love could be built into teacher's education programme.","PeriodicalId":51468,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Qualitative Studies on Health and Well-Being","volume":"19 1","pages":"2357147"},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2024-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11107850/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141072187","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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Promoting mental health in higher education: towards a model of well-being factors in emerging adulthood. 促进高等教育中的心理健康：建立新兴成年期幸福因素模型。

IF 2.1 4区医学

International Journal of Qualitative Studies on Health and Well-Being Pub Date : 2024-12-01 Epub Date: 2024-10-02 DOI: 10.1080/17482631.2024.2408831

Ariadna Martínez-García, Susana Valverde-Montesino, Mercedes García-García

{"title":"Promoting mental health in higher education: towards a model of well-being factors in emerging adulthood.","authors":"Ariadna Martínez-García, Susana Valverde-Montesino, Mercedes García-García","doi":"10.1080/17482631.2024.2408831","DOIUrl":"10.1080/17482631.2024.2408831","url":null,"abstract":"Purpose: This study aims to contribute to the development of a theoretical model that is useful for enhancing well-being/positive mental health with pedagogical resources that enable the acquisition of skills and knowledge, particularly during Emerging Adulthood.Methods: This paper enquires into the role of well-being promotion in higher education following the dual-factor model of mental health difficulties and wellbeing. The study narratively reviews the main well-being models and presents a compared theoretical synthesis examining the dimensions that promote or facilitate the presence of well-being using a promotion approach.Results: The study identifies 14 dimensions involved in wellbeing-emotional, psychological and social factors-that can be potentially improved through learning processes. Drawing on empirical and theoretical studies on emerging adult population, a factorial model is proposed. Preliminary factor interactions are examined paying close attention to the cognitive processes that explain or affect their relationship with well-being, the possible correlations between them and particularities of emerging adults.Conclusion: Wellbeing factors can be particularly targeted by educational promotion, as they can be developed through learning processes. An integrative model that provides a broad perspective can assist in pedagogical design and defining educational goals for these learning processes involved in wellbeing promotion.","PeriodicalId":51468,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Qualitative Studies on Health and Well-Being","volume":"19 1","pages":"2408831"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2024-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11448348/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142367404","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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Barriers and facilitators to weight-loss in patients with overweight/obesity and cardiac disease: a realist qualitative synthesis. 超重/肥胖和心脏病患者减肥的障碍和促进因素：现实主义定性综述。

IF 2.1 4区医学

International Journal of Qualitative Studies on Health and Well-Being Pub Date : 2024-12-01 Epub Date: 2024-10-26 DOI: 10.1080/17482631.2024.2419574

Rachel Bates, Cara Bailey, Anne Topping

{"title":"Barriers and facilitators to weight-loss in patients with overweight/obesity and cardiac disease: a realist qualitative synthesis.","authors":"Rachel Bates, Cara Bailey, Anne Topping","doi":"10.1080/17482631.2024.2419574","DOIUrl":"10.1080/17482631.2024.2419574","url":null,"abstract":"Purpose: Lifestyle advice for cardiac patients with overweight/obesity includes weight management, yet few achieve significant weight loss. People with heart disease may require different support to the general population. We synthesized evidence that reported cardiac patients' weight management experiences to identify barriers and facilitators to weight loss.Methods: Our realist review identified five manuscripts reporting four studies of weight management experiences of people with heart disease. The capability, opportunity, motivation behaviour change model (COM-B) provided the framework for thematic synthesis.Results: The studies included qualitative data from 117 participants and revealed factors favouring or impeding effective weight management during cardiac rehabilitation (CR) and in participants' daily lives. We identified four major themes illustrating participants' wish to change harmful health behaviours, adopting exercise and psychological strategies to facilitate change, social and professional support, and regaining control after a cardiac event. These themes broadly aligned with the COM-B categories of capability, opportunity, and motivation.Conclusions: Most cardiac patients with overweight/obesity express a desire to lose weight. Participants preferred personalized services that could adapt to meet their individual needs, but struggled to make sustainable changes for interconnecting psychological, social, cultural, and financial reasons. Consideration of these complexities when designing programmes may help to support successful weight management.","PeriodicalId":51468,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Qualitative Studies on Health and Well-Being","volume":"19 1","pages":"2419574"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2024-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11514393/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142512699","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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Maintaining good mental health in people with inflammatory arthritis: a qualitative study of patients' perspectives. 炎症性关节炎患者保持良好的心理健康：对患者观点的定性研究。

IF 2.1 4区医学

International Journal of Qualitative Studies on Health and Well-Being Pub Date : 2024-12-01 Epub Date: 2024-11-07 DOI: 10.1080/17482631.2024.2424015

Signe Marie Abild, Julie Midtgaard, Annika Nordkamp, Annette de Thurah, Sofie Bech Vestergaard, Bente Glintborg, Mette Aadahl, Pernille Fevejle Cromhout, Lene Lau, Connie Yilmaz, Bente Appel Esbensen

{"title":"Maintaining good mental health in people with inflammatory arthritis: a qualitative study of patients' perspectives.","authors":"Signe Marie Abild, Julie Midtgaard, Annika Nordkamp, Annette de Thurah, Sofie Bech Vestergaard, Bente Glintborg, Mette Aadahl, Pernille Fevejle Cromhout, Lene Lau, Connie Yilmaz, Bente Appel Esbensen","doi":"10.1080/17482631.2024.2424015","DOIUrl":"10.1080/17482631.2024.2424015","url":null,"abstract":"Purpose: It is well-documented that people with inflammatory arthritis (IA) exhibit a high prevalence of symptoms related to anxiety and depression. Less is known about what contributes to good mental health in people with IA. Therefore, this study aims to explore how some patients maintain good mental health despite living with IA.Methods: Explorative qualitative interview study (one focus group, 12 individual interviews, n = 18) utilizing purposeful sampling. All interviews were audiotaped, transcribed, and managed using NVivo14 and employed a reflexive thematical analysis approach.Results: We identified four main themes: 1) Assisted by a positive outlook on life-how participants' inherent positivity helped them cope with arthritis; 2) Moving towards acceptance of life with arthritis-how participants embraced the reality of living with IA; 3) Counteracting letting arthritis dictate one's life how the participants structured their lives in terms of physical activity and social connections; and 4) Taking responsibility for the trajectory-how the participants were mindful of their bodies and took the initiative to explore new treatments.Conclusion: People living with IA maintain good mental health by engaging in structured physical activity, fostering social connections, and cultivating a positive outlook on life. These insights can inform the development of future treatment and support strategies.","PeriodicalId":51468,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Qualitative Studies on Health and Well-Being","volume":"19 1","pages":"2424015"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2024-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11544728/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142591552","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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