Work-health-personal life conflicts in naive patients with chronic hepatitis B receiving initial treatment in China: a qualitative study.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

People with chronic hepatitis B (CHB) perform sick roles, work roles and personal roles simultaneously. At times, role conflicts arise because of failure to meet the expectations of different roles. Role conflicts may increase dissatisfaction in work and family and impair their physical and mental health. This study aimed to explore the perceptions of role conflicts of treatment-naive patients with CHB in work, personal and sick roles, together with ameliorating factors in the Chinese cultural context.

Design

A qualitative descriptive study. Semistructured interviews were used to collect the experience of work-health-personal life conflicts (WHPLCs), and a brief questionnaire was used to collect demographic and clinical information. SPSS V.21.0 was used for descri

SUBMITTER: Zheng Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7490961 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature