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KMID : 0806120170470010110
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대한간호학회지
2017 Volume.47 No. 1 p.110 ~ p.120
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The Lived Experience of Patients with Heart Transplantation: A Phenomenological Study
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Hwang Young-Hui
Yi Myung-Sun
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Abstract
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Purpose: The purpose of this study was to describe the lived experience of patients with heart transplantation in Korea.
Methods: Individual indepthinterviews and a focus group interview were used to collect the data from nine patients who had heart transplantations in 2015. All interviewswere audio-taped and verbatim transcripts were made for the analysis. Data were analyzed using Colaizzi’s phenomenological method.
Results:Among the nine participants, eight were men. Mean age was 57.30 years. Six theme clusters emerged from the analysis. ‘Joy of rebirth obtainedby good luck’ describes the pleasure and expectation of new life after narrow survival. ‘Suffering from adverse drug effects’ illustratesvarious psychosocial difficulties, such as low self-esteem, helplessness, alienation, and burnout, arising from the side effects of medications. ‘Body and mind of being bewildered’ illustrates disintegrated health and haunting fear of death. ‘Alienation disconnected with society’ describesisolated feeling of existence due to misunderstandings from society. ‘Suffering overcome with gratitude and responsibility’ includes overcomingexperience through various social supports and suitable jobs. Finally, ‘acceptance of suffering accompanied with new heart’ illustrate changedperspective of life itself.
Conclusion: The findings in this study provide deep understanding and insights of the lived experience of heart relatedillness for these patients and should help in the development of tailored-interventions for patients with heart transplantation.
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KEYWORD
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Heart transplantation, Organ transplantation, Life change event, Qualitative research
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