The Subjective Experience of Living with Parkinson's Disease: A Meta-Ethnography of Qualitative Literature.

ABSTRACT:

Background

A better understanding of the subjective experience of living with Parkinson's disease (PD) and the factors that influence this experience can be used to improve wellbeing of people with PD (PwP).

Objective

To gain more insight in the subjective experience of PD from the PwP's perspective, and the factors that contribute to this experience.

Methods

In this qualitative review, we performed a systematic search of qualitative studies discussing the subjective experience of PD and extracted reported themes (first order themes). Using a meta-ethnographic approach, we categorized the first order themes into second order themes, and created a third order construct: a holistic model of the subjective experience of living with PD.

Results

We included 20 studi

SUBMITTER: Rutten S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7990446 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature