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The views of compliant glaucoma patients on counselling and social support
Author(s) -
Lunnela Jaana,
Kääriäinen Maria,
Kyngäs Helvi
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
scandinavian journal of caring sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.678
H-Index - 66
eISSN - 1471-6712
pISSN - 0283-9318
DOI - 10.1111/j.1471-6712.2009.00739.x
Subject(s) - social support , patient education , compliance (psychology) , medicine , emotional support , health care , glaucoma , health education , psychology , content analysis , nursing , public health , social psychology , ophthalmology , social science , sociology , economics , economic growth
Scand J Caring Sci; 2010; 24; 490–498
The views of compliant glaucoma patients on counselling and social support The purpose of this study was to describe the views of compliant glaucoma patients with good compliance on patient education and social support they received during their illness. The aim was to gain knowledge for developing patient compliance by means of promoting education and support methods. Twelve glaucoma patients with good compliance were interviewed, and the transcripts based on those interviews were analysed using content analysis. In the data, the participants described education and social support they had received from healthcare personnel, relatives and partly from their peers. Patient education emerged as the content, timing and methods of education. Social support emerged as emotional, informational and instrumental support, lack of support as well as patients’ activity. Consequently, patients need education and support from healthcare personnel as well as from their relatives to cope with glaucoma. The need for education and support is individual but the most important time for education and support is at the initial stages of the illness. The need for education and support is also evident when the patient’s treatment is changed or an operative procedure is performed. To conclude, the individual, patient‐centred and properly timed education and support is a huge challenge for healthcare personnel because of the decrease in individual time for each patient. Therefore, new and timesaving methods of education and support should be developed.