Phenomenological lived experience of patients with rheumatoid arthritis.
This phenomenological study explored (a) the lived experience of rheumatoid arthritis (RA), (b) the patient's view of the nurse's role, and (c) the patient as comanager of RA. The purposive sample consisted of 6 Caucasian women living in West Virginia. Using Colaizzi's methodology, a rich, exhaustive description of living with RA emerged. Recommendations for nursing care quality focus on providing personalized, holistic, and humanistic care, which may ultimately improve the patient's quality of life.
United Technical Center School of Practical Nursing, Clarksburg, WVa, USA. miaquint8@aol.com
Monica L
ML
Iaquinta
June H
JH
Larrabee
D000203:Activities of Daily Living; D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001172:Arthritis, Rheumatoid / Q000451:nursing / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000523:psychology*; D001294:Attitude to Health; D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D017281:Cost of Illness; D005260:Female; D006117:Grief; D006694:Holistic Health; D006801:Humans; D008016:Life Change Events; D008875:Middle Aged; D020380:Needs Assessment; D024802:Nurse's Role; D009723:Nurse-Patient Relations; D015404:Nursing Methodology Research; D036301:Qualitative Research; D011788:Quality of Life; D012803:Sick Role; D012944:Social Support; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014903:West Virginia; D044465:White People / Q000193:education / Q000523:psychology; D014930:Women / Q000193:education / Q000523:psychology*