Self-care in Adults With a Retro-auricular Left Ventricular Assist Device: An Interpretive Description-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

Self-care in Adults With a Retro-auricular Left Ventricular Assist Device: An Interpretive Description

Published:2021-12-10 Issue: Volume: Page:105477382110635
ISSN:1054-7738
Container-title:Clinical Nursing Research
language:en
Short-container-title:Clin Nurs Res

Author:

Trenta Alessia Martina¹²³,Luciani Michela²^ORCID,Moro Massimo¹,Patella Sara¹,Di Mauro Stefania²,Vellone Ercole³,Ausili Davide²^ORCID

Affiliation:

1. Cardiology Center Monzino IRCCS, Milan, MI, Italy

2. University of Milano-Bicocca, Monza, MB, Italy

3. University of Rome Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy

Abstract

Having a retro-auricular left ventricular assist device (LVAD) requires patients to learn specific self-care behaviors, with a considerable burden; the present study aimed at exploring and describing the experience of self-care in this population. An Interpretive Description was conducted, informing the analysis with the Middle-Range Theory of Self-care of Chronic Illness. A purposeful sample of ten people with a retro-auricular LVAD participated in in-depth, semi-structured interviews. Four themes were identified: Innovations and Limitations in Daily Life, Problems Detection, Response to Problems, and Learning Process. All of these were deeply influenced by a cross-cutting theme: Support System. People with a retro-auricular LVAD have self-care needs different from those of people with heart failure or with the abdominal version of the device, and there is a great need for targeted intervention that could be developed in consideration of our findings.

Publisher

SAGE Publications

Subject

General Nursing

Link

http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/10547738211063538

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