Experiences of family caregivers of persons living with mental illness: A meta-synthesis
Curationis
| Field | Value | |
| Title | Experiences of family caregivers of persons living with mental illness: A meta-synthesis | |
| Creator | Ntsayagae, Esther I. Poggenpoel, Marie Myburgh, Chris | |
| Description | Background: Meta-synthesis is used to generate and understand new insights from a qualitative perspective. Caregiving is associated with a range of physical and psychological symptoms. Caregivers bear the brunt of caregiving and this has become worse since the inception of de-institutionalisation, as more patients are discharged into the community under the care of their families.Objectives: The purpose of this study was to synthesise phenomenological qualitative studies and create a comprehensive chronicle of phenomena of family caregivers’ experiences of caring for relatives living with mental illness.Method: Google Scholar and different electronic databases, which included CINAHL, MEDLINE, EBSCO and PubMed, were searched using keywords for relevant studies published from 1994 to 2014. To obtain an in-depth view of caregivers’ lived experiences, a qualitative meta-synthesis was employed to review the findings of 10 studies.Results: A total of 10 studies were included in the meta-synthesis. The family caregivers described their caregiving experiences under four themes: perceived responsibility of caregiving, experiences of emotional effect, experiences of support needs and experiences of changed perspective.Conclusion: The meta-synthesis revealed a lack of emotional coping among the family caregivers. This calls for robust family caregiver interventions to facilitate their mental health. | |
| Publisher | AOSIS | |
| Date | 2019-09-19 | |
| Identifier | 10.4102/curationis.v42i1.1900 | |
| Source | Curationis; Vol 42, No 1 (2019); 9 pages 2223-6279 0379-8577 | |
| Language | eng | |
| Relation |
The following web links (URLs) may trigger a file download or direct you to an alternative webpage to gain access to a publication file format of the published article:
https://curationis.org.za/index.php/curationis/article/view/1900/2596
https://curationis.org.za/index.php/curationis/article/view/1900/2595
https://curationis.org.za/index.php/curationis/article/view/1900/2597
https://curationis.org.za/index.php/curationis/article/view/1900/2594
|
|
ADVERTISEMENT
