Prevention as a prominent self-management strategy in men with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
A qualitative study
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2169280 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Forough Rafii (0000-0002-9424-3905, Iran University of Medical Sciences), Akbar Soleimani Babadi (Shahrekord University of Medical Sciences), Farshad Heidari-Beni (Iran University of Medical Sciences), Farshad Heidari‐beni (0000-0002-6985-7542, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2024 |
| Volume | 34 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 444-460 |
| Publication date | 2024-04-02 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Human Behavior in the Social Environment (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1091-1359 • E-ISSN: 1540-3556 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/10911359.2023.2185722 |
| OpenAlex | W4323544066 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 67 |
The aim of this study is to explore the strategies used by male patients with COPD to prevent the exacerbation of the disease. This grounded theory study as a part of a more extensive research was conducted in Iran from January 2019 to October 2022. The study participants included patients with COPD, their family caregivers and pulmonologists. The participants were recruited using purposeful and theoretical sampling. A total of 12 semi-structured interviews were used to collect the data. The data was analyzed by the Strauss and Corbin Citation2008 data analysis method. The finding showed that male patients with COPD use different strategies to prevent exacerbation. These strategies have consisted of limitation (physical activity limitation, exercise limitation, recreational limitation, work limitation, smoking limitation, social relations limitation, environmental limitation and corona precautions), improvement (healthy diet, simple exercises, emotional state improvement, social relations improvement, adjusting the environment and controlled activity), organization (medication adherence, following orders) and support (transfer to others, others assistance, others observance). Safdari for their cooperation and assistance and all participants who participated in the interviews for sharing their time and experiences.Disclosure statementNo potential conflict of interest was reported by the authors.Data availability statementThe datasets used and analyzed during the current study are available from the corresponding author on reasonable request.Additional informationFundingThis work was supported by the Iran University of Medical Sciences under Grant [98-1-25-14801
COPD · Exacerbation · Family medicine · Grounded theory · Intensive care medicine · Physical therapy · Psychiatry · Pulmonary disease · Pulmonologists · Qualitative research · Recreation · Sociology · Theoretical sampling · Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Research · Health and Wellbeing Research · Medicine · Psychology · School Health and Nursing Education · Social Work · Clinical Psychology · Gerontology · Internal Medicine
| Citations per year | 0.33 |
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| Citation span | 2023 - 2023 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |