Benefit finding experience in maintenance hemodialysis patients:a qualitative research
Objective To illuminate the benefit finding experience of maintenance hemodialysis patients,and to provide a reference for promoting their mental health.Methods From March to May 2023,the purposive sampling was used to select 13 maintenance hemodialysis patients in a tertiary hospital in Shanghai for semi-structured interviews.The data were organized with the help of Nvivo software,and the Colaizzi's seven-step method was used to analyze the data.Results 3 themes were extracted:①the search of meaning,including approved hemodialysis,the desire to live;②gaining a sense of mastery,including adjusting self-psychology,developing healthy living habits,and learning hemodialysis related behavior management;(3)self-enhancement,including excavating external resources and affirming self-worth.Conclusion Maintenance hemodialysis patients have benefit finding experience in many aspects.Medical staff can guide patients to carry out positive psychological construction by strengthening disease knowledge education,building a psychological mutual assistance platform,forming a multidisciplinary nursing team,excavate and provide effective social support resources,and cultivate patients'self-health management,so as to improve the level and ability of benefit finding of patients,experience positive incentives,promote physical and mental health,and improve the quality of life of hemodialysis patients.
Maintenance HemodialysisBenefit FindingMental HealthPositive PsychologyQualitative ResearchNursing Care