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KMID : 1022320200140040196
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Asian Nursing Research
2020 Volume.14 No. 4 p.196 ~ p.205
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Experiences of Body Image Changes in Chinese Patients Living with Inflammatory Bowel Disease: A Descriptive Qualitative Study
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Ruan Jiayin
Wu Linye
Zhou Yunxian
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Abstract
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Purpose: Body image changes are common among patients living with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD)because of the illness and related treatments. Currently, there is little known about how those patientsexperience and perceive their altered body image in the literature. The aim of this study was to explorethe experiences of body image changes in patients with IBD in China and to describe how those changesinfluence patients’ perception of body and self.
Methods: This study used a descriptive qualitative approach. A total of 16 participants from three tertiaryhospitals in southeast China were recruited through purposive sampling combined with maximumvariation strategy. Data were collected through semistructured interviews and analyzed using conventionalcontent analysis method.
Results: The following six themes were extracted: (1) “being a constrained person,” (2) “being a flawedperson,” (3) “being a disliked person,” (4) “being an alienated person,” (5) “being a reconciled person,”and (6) “being a blessed person.”Conclusion: With the diagnosis of IBD and its side effects of treatments, patients’ life changed significantlyand they were struggling to reinterpret their body and self. As a result, negative self-evaluations and/or positive self-evaluations towards themselves generated. Further studies are required to explore theunderlying mechanism and related influencing factors about how those different images were produced.
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KEYWORD
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body image, Crohn disease, inflammatory bowel diseases, qualitative research, ulcerative colitis
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