Meanings of feeling well among women with Parkinson's disease.
We conducted a qualitative inquiry to describe the meanings of feeling well as experienced by women with Parkinson's disease. Nine women were interviewed and we analysed the interviews using a reflective lifeworld approach based on phenomenological epistemology. We present the analysis as five constituents: the body as unnoticed; being able to move on; feeling joy by being connected; finding peace and harmony; and being the director of one's own life. Our findings can be used to understand and promote well-being among women with Parkinson's disease. In care meetings, knowledge about the lived and experienced health processes supports the women's striving to not let illness dominate their experience of daily life.
Division of Nursing, Department of Health Science, Luleå University of Technology, Luleå, Sweden; malin.olsson@ltu.se.
Malin
M
Olsson
Division of Nursing, Department of Health Science, Luleå University of Technology, Luleå, Sweden.
Carina
C
Nilsson
D000203:Activities of Daily Living; D000368:Aged; D001294:Attitude to Health; D003695:Delivery of Health Care; D005260:Female; D006240:Happiness; D006801:Humans; D019359:Knowledge; D008603:Mental Health; D008875:Middle Aged; D010300:Parkinson Disease / Q000523:psychology*; D036301:Qualitative Research; D011788:Quality of Life; D020377:Self Efficacy; D012944:Social Support
Interviews; Parkinsons disease; lived experience; nursing; well-being; women