Caregivers' experiences of contributing to patients' self-care in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: A thematic synthesis of qualitative studies.

ABSTRACT:

Aim

To identify, analyze and synthesize qualitative studies on caregivers' experiences of contributions to the self-care of patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD).

Background

COPD patients perform daily self-care behaviours to manage the disease. With aging and disease progression, patients need to rely on the contributions of informal caregivers, usually family members, for disease management. Caregivers' normal or habitual contributions to patients' self-care have not yet been completely investigated.

Design

Thematic synthesis of qualitative studies.

Data sources

CINAHL, EMBASE, PubMed, PsycINFO, Web of Science, Scopus, Emcare and OpenGrey databases were searched from inception to September 2020. The search was restricted to English-langua

SUBMITTER: Matarese M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8518034 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature