Transitions in chronic illness: rheumatoid arthritis in women.
Transitions in chronic illness: rheumatoid arthritis in women.
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慢性病的转变：女性类风湿性关节炎。
DOI：
10.1002/j.2048-7940.1997.tb02099.x
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1997
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Shaul,MP
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Shaul,MP
本文介绍了过渡理论，因为它涉及到一个妇女类风湿性关节炎(RA)的定性研究，以及这一理论在护理实践中的重要性。类风湿性关节炎是许多慢性病的典型，因为它对日常生活活动有深远的影响。它经常发生在一个人最高产的几年，并持续到一生。由于类风湿性关节炎患者通常会在多年的过程中经历多次病情恶化和缓解，因此过渡理论被选为本研究的框架。研究样本包括30名患有类风湿关节炎的女性，她们接受了采访，讲述了她们与这种慢性病一起生活的经历。这些女性描述了学习与类风湿关节炎共处的四个不同阶段，从意识开始，然后逐渐掌握。这些发现与其他研究人员所描述的过渡阶段是一致的。
This article describes transition theory as it relates to a qualitative study of women with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and the importance of this theory in nursing practice. Rheumatoid arthritis is prototypical of many chronic illnesses because it has a profound impact on activities of daily living. It frequently occurs during a person's most productive years and continues throughout life. Because a person with RA typically experiences a number of exacerbations and remissions over the course of many years, transition theory was chosen as a framework for this study. The study sample consisted of 30 women with RA, who were interviewed about their experiences of living with this chronic illness. The women described four distinct phases in learning to live with RA, which began with awareness and proceeded to mastery. These findings are consistent with the stages of transition described by other investigators.