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Unexplored Aspects of the Meaning of Living with Chronic Heart Failure: A Phenomenological Study within the Framework of the Model of Interpersonal Relationship between the Nurse and the Person/Family Cared for

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  • Maddi Olano-Lizarraga
  • Jesús Martín-Martín
  • Cristina Oroviogoicoechea
  • Maribel Saracíbar-Razquin

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The complicated situation experienced by chronic heart failure (CHF) patients affects their entire well-being but clinical practice continues to fail to adequately respond to their demands. The aim of this study was to understand the meaning of living with CHF from the patient’s perspective. A hermeneutic phenomenological study was conducted according to Van Manen’s phenomenology of practice method. Individual conversational interviews were held with 20 outpatients with CHF. Six main themes emerged from the analysis: (1) Living with CHF involves a profound change in the person; (2) The person living with CHF has to accept their situation; (3) The person with CHF needs to feel that their life is normal and demonstrate it to others; (4) The person with CHF needs to have hope; (5) Having CHF makes the person continuously aware of the possibility of dying; (6) The person with CHF feels that it negatively influences their close environment.

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  • Maddi Olano-Lizarraga & Jesús Martín-Martín & Cristina Oroviogoicoechea & Maribel Saracíbar-Razquin, 2021. "Unexplored Aspects of the Meaning of Living with Chronic Heart Failure: A Phenomenological Study within the Framework of the Model of Interpersonal Relationship between the Nurse and the Person/Family," Clinical Nursing Research, , vol. 30(2), pages 171-182, February.
  • Handle: RePEc:sae:clnure:v:30:y:2021:i:2:p:171-182
    DOI: 10.1177/1054773819898825
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