title: Wellness and Religious Coping Among Thai Individuals Living with Chronic Kidney Disease in Southern California.
abstract: This qualitative research is based on eight Thai participants living with chronic kidney disease living in Southern California. Four emerging themes are (a) wellness, (b) self-care, (c) impact of illness on life, and (d) religious coping. Family relations, social support, and religious coping affected self-care and how they managed their everyday activities. Knowledge about the disease and its mechanism were crucial to the decision-making process in relation to self-care. Good self-care and appropriate self-management led to wellness and improved quality of life. Religion provided a belief system focusing on the place of acceptance that was essential for coping with emotional stressors.
authors.affiliation: Department of Public Health Nursing, Faculty of Public Health, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand. fun_2005ch@hotmail.com.
authors.forename: Chutikarn
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Chatrung
authors.affiliation: School of Religion, Loma Linda University, Loma Linda, CA, 92350, USA. ssorajjakool@llu.edu.
authors.forename: Siroj
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sorajjakool
authors.affiliation: Department of Public Health Nursing, Faculty of Public Health, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand. kwanjai.amn@mahidol.ac.th.
authors.forename: Kwanjai
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Amnatsatsue
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000368:Aged; D001294:Attitude to Health / Q000208:ethnology*; D002140:California; D005190:Family / Q000208:ethnology / Q000523:psychology; D005260:Female; D006304:Health Status; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D036301:Qualitative Research; D011788:Quality of Life; D012069:Religion and Psychology; D051436:Renal Insufficiency, Chronic / Q000208:ethnology / Q000523:psychology*; D012648:Self Care; D012944:Social Support; D013785:Thailand / Q000208:ethnology
keywords: Chronic kidney disease; Religious coping; Thai population