Psychological Reactions among Patients with Chronic Hepatitis B: a Qualitative Study

Valizadeh, Leila and Zamanzadeh, Vahid and Negarandeh, Reza and Zamani, Farhad and Hamidia, Angela and Zabihi, Ali (2016) Psychological Reactions among Patients with Chronic Hepatitis B: a Qualitative Study. Journal of Caring Sciences, 5 (1). pp. 57-66. ISSN 2251-9920

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Abstract

Introduction: Hepatitis B is the most prevalent type of viral hepatitis. Psychological reactions among patients with hepatitis B infection is considerably different and affects their decision about treating and following up the disease. The present study aims at explaining the psychological demonstrations experienced by these patients. Methods: In this qualitative study, a total of 18 patients with hepatitis B (8 women and 10 men) were selected by purposive sampling method. Data were collected by unstructured in-depth interviews during 2014-2015 in the medical centers of three cities in Iran. All interviews were recorded, typed and analyzed by the conventional content analysis approach. Results: By analyzing the data, the main theme including psychological instability, with three sub-themes were emerged: grief reaction (stupor, denial, anger and aggression), emotional challenges (worry and apprehension, contradiction with beliefs, fear of deprivation, fear of stigma, waiting for death and prognosis ambiguity) and inferiority complex (social withdrawal, sense of humiliation and embarrassment and sense of guilt and blame) were acquired. Conclusion: The findings indicate that patients with hepatitis B experience various psychological reactions that need to be controlled and managed by themselves or healthcare providers. Thus, implementation of health interventions with emphasis on psychological care to prevent problems and execution of educational and consultation programs about hepatitis especially by medical centers and mass media is seems necessary.

Item Type: Article
Subjects: Grantha Library > Medical Science
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Date Deposited: 30 May 2023 12:47
Last Modified: 06 Sep 2024 08:13
URI: http://asian.universityeprint.com/id/eprint/1052

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