The lived experience of family caregivers caring for patients dependent on life-sustaining technologies.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

The purpose of this study was to describe the meaning of the lived experience of family caregivers caring for their loved ones who were dependent upon life-sustaining technologies while in the hospital.

Methods

This study followed van Manen's hermeneutic phenomenological approach to generate and analyze data to describe the experience of ten family caregivers who met the following inclusion criteria: a family member who participated actively in caring for the loved one who was dependent upon technologies for human care. Data were collected using individual in-depth interviews. The interview transcriptions were analyzed using van Manen's phenomenological approach, while Lincoln and Guba's criteria were used to establish trustworthiness of the study.

Findings

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SUBMITTER: Kongsuwan W 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6626285 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature