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. 2024 Feb 27;24(1):196.
doi: 10.1186/s12877-024-04819-3.

Subjectivity study on health conservation of elderly hemodialysis patients

Eunji Yim  1 , Mijin Yun  2 , Sohyune Sok  3
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Subjectivity study on health conservation of elderly hemodialysis patients

Eunji Yim et al. BMC Geriatr. .

Abstract

Background: Health conservation enables elderly hemodialysis patients to maintain a positive state of well-being while undergoing treatment and maintenance of disease. This study was to identify the type of perceptions on health conservation of elderly hemodialysis patients and compare the characteristics of perceptions.

Methods: This study used an exploratory study design applying Q methodology, which is designed to research subjectivity. The study determined a population of subjective statements, the concourse, based on the preceding literature and interviews with twenty-five elderly patients over 65 years of age with hemodialysis. We chose a total of 50 statements considered to be representative of the concourse for the Q-sample. The study selected 50 elderly patients over 65 years of age with hemodialysis as the P-set. The participants provided their internal viewpoints by sorting the Q-sample items into a grid. The researchers performed an analysis using PC-QUANL program. Data were collected from June to November, 2019.

Results: Type I, 'support system-based effort' focused on one's own effort, positive and proactive attitude, family support, medical instructions, information, and medications. Type II, 'skeptical life maintaining' expressed a pessimistic future without hope, strongly negative perception on preserving health, and thus minimal effort and motivation to continue life. Type III, 'treatment process interest' is based on an interest in the hemodialysis process; for them, it is important to follow medical staff's instructions, take regular medications precisely, pay attention to the results of regular monthly blood tests, and control their health. Type IV, 'positive effort' accepts hemodialysis positively, lives with hemodialysis, and carries out all daily life activities.

Conclusion: In nursing practice, nurses need to pay attention to the perceptions on health conservation of elderly hemodialysis patients. This study can be implied as the evidence of nursing practice based on the perception on health conservation of elderly hemodialysis patients.

Keywords: Aged; Health conservation; Hemodialysis; Q methodology; Subjectivity.

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