Author, as appears in the article.: Feijó AM; Schwartz E; Ferré-Grau C; Santos BPD; Lise F
Department: Infermeria
URV's Author/s: Ferré Grau, Carmen
Abstract: OBJECTIVE: To understand the experience of men in relation to the process of living with hemophilia. METHOD: Qualitative study using the theoretical and methodological referential Symbolic Interactionism and the constructivist strand of Grounded Theory. Participated 12 men with hemophilia followed at a Blood Center in the south of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. Intensive interviews, genograms and field notes were used for data collection, with concomitant analysis, following the initial, focused, and theoretical coding stages. RESULTS: The theoretical model was built, which has as central category Adapting to (co)exist with hemophilia and the categories Knowing yourself and the illness: knowing how to deal, Adjusting life: taking care of yourself and Getting used to the illness: being almost normal. CONCLUSION: It was revealed the experience of men who adapt to (co)exist with hemophilia and their actions and behaviors, aiming to preserve them away from bleeding, pain, and the risk of death.
Thematic Areas: Sociología Serviço social Saúde coletiva Psicología Planejamento urbano e regional / demografia Odontología Nutrição Nursing (all) Medicine (miscellaneous) Medicine (all) Medicina iii Medicina ii Medicina i Letras / linguística Interdisciplinar General medicine Farmacia Ensino Enfermagem Educação física Educação Direito Ciências biológicas iii Ciências biológicas ii Ciências ambientais Ciência política e relações internacionais Ciência da computação Biotecnología Biodiversidade Antropologia / arqueologia Administração, ciências contábeis e turismo Administração pública e de empresas, ciências contábeis e turismo
licence for use: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/es/
Author's mail: carme.ferre@urv.cat
Author identifier: 0000-0002-5307-1553 0000-0001-5229-0394
Record's date: 2024-07-27
Papper version: info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
Licence document URL: https://repositori.urv.cat/ca/proteccio-de-dades/
Papper original source: Revista Gaucha De Enfermagem / Eenfufrgs. 42 e20200097-
APA: Feijó AM; Schwartz E; Ferré-Grau C; Santos BPD; Lise F (2021). Adapting to (co)exist: experience of men with hemophilia in southern Brazil. Revista Gaucha De Enfermagem / Eenfufrgs, 42(), e20200097-. DOI: 10.1590/1983-1447.2021.20200097
Entity: Universitat Rovira i Virgili
Journal publication year: 2021
Publication Type: Journal Publications