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Living With Liver Cirrhosis

Overview of attention for article published in Gastroenterology nursing, January 2017
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Title
Living With Liver Cirrhosis
Published in
Gastroenterology nursing, January 2017
DOI 10.1097/sga.0000000000000158
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Carola Fagerström, Gunilla Hollman Frisman

Abstract

Liver cirrhosis is a chronic liver disease. Patients with liver cirrhosis need to manage the symptoms of the disease and possible complications. Symptoms due to ascites, encephalopathy, and/or varices are hard to manage and live with. Self-care is necessary for coping with the symptoms and for improving the patient's life situation. The aim of this study was to explore the areas of life situation and self-care among patients suffering from liver cirrhosis with complications. Interviews with patients with liver cirrhosis (n = 13), seven women and six men (46-70 years), were performed. Data were analyzed using inductive content analysis. The experience of the patient's life situation was described from two aspects: vulnerability and reflection on life. Vulnerability was expressed as symptom experience, feelings of loneliness, preconceptions, and limits in daily life. In reflection on life, the patients expressed acceptance and sadness. Self-care dealt with (a) being responsible by observing symptoms and signs; (b) adhering to treatment, prescription, and advice; and (c) the need for more understanding of and information about the disease. When caring for patients with liver cirrhosis, it is important to identify symptoms and feelings and help patients individually to maintain health through self-care.

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Country Count As %
Unknown 41 100%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Bachelor 8 20%
Student > Master 8 20%
Researcher 6 15%
Student > Ph. D. Student 4 10%
Other 1 2%
Other 2 5%
Unknown 12 29%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Nursing and Health Professions 11 27%
Medicine and Dentistry 5 12%
Business, Management and Accounting 3 7%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 3 7%
Social Sciences 2 5%
Other 4 10%
Unknown 13 32%
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#20,660,571
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#387
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#320,195
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#5
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