title: [Life experience of patients suffering from Crohn's disease].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The purpose of this study was to describe and explore the experience process of life of patients with Crohn's disease.
  
  
  METHODS
  Using a grounded theory methodology, 24 interviews were performed with 7 men and 5 women, 17-47 years of age, suffering from Crohn's disease.
  
  
  RESULTS
  'Tuning of two conflicting lives' was identified as the core category, and 5 subcategories were identified and they were integrated into the core category. The identified outcomes were 'Living a withdrawn life', 'coping flexibly', 'drifting with tangled emotions' and 'maintaining long-term remission'.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  When caring for these patients, it is important to identify needs, allow patients to express what they want at that moment and support them in maintaining a daily life that can be perceived as normal.
authors.affiliation: College of Nursing, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Korea.
authors.forename: Yang-Sook
authors.initials: YS
authors.lastname: Yoo
authors.forename: Eun-Ju
authors.initials: EJ
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Ok-Hee
authors.initials: OH
authors.lastname: Cho
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D003424:Crohn Disease / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007407:Interviews as Topic; D008016:Life Change Events; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013315:Stress, Psychological; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: Crohn's disease; Life change events; Qualitative research