Evaluation of meaning of life and self-care agency in nursing care given to chronic obstructive pulmonary patients according to health promotion model

Relationships among hope, meaning in life, and post‐traumatic growth in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: A cross‐sectional study

“…In the present study, hope and meaning in life were positively associated with PTG, which was consistent with previous studies (Byra, 2016;Ho et al, 2011). COPD patients' positive attitude towards life increased constantly and they coped with difficulties and cared themselves skilfully, thus they were more easily to experience the positive changes (Karasu & Aylaz, 2020). According to a research of patients with cancer, the presence of meaning in life directly affected both on psychological adjustment and well-being which played an important role in accepting interventions to alleviate disorders (Scrignaro et al, 2015).…”

Self-care appraisal in nursing assistant students: Adaptation, validation and psychometric properties of the Spanish ASAS

“…The benefits of mastery of self-care include responsibility, control, independence, autonomy, copying skills, increase healthcare knowledge, well-being, and improve quality of life [ 26 , 68 – 71 ]. Previous findings exploring ‘self-care agency’ among people suffering from different pathologies are in accordance with the idea that this dimension of self-care must be tackled by nursing professionals in holistic contexts of health promotion [ 72 ]. Göransson [ 73 ], monitoring data in specific app managed by nurses, concluding that this support gave more security and increased the self-care ability among users.…”

The Effect of Nursing Care Applied to Patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease on Their Sexual Experiences and Quality of Life

“…Primarily dyspnoea and pain, sleeplessness, weight loss, dependence on home, social isolation, lack of self-care, frequent applications to hospital and prolonged hospitalizations among COPD symptoms cause severe deterioration in the quality of life [18]. In their experimental study, Karasu and Aylaz [11] found that nursing care applied to COPD patients had a positive and significant effect on patients' meaning of life. The main goal in COPD treatment is to enhance the deteriorated symptoms and quality of life [19].…”

“…Introductory Information Form: This form was prepared by the researchers. The form also includes 10 questions about some descriptive characteristics like the stage of COPD, age, gender, educational background, job, and state of receiving training on COPD before [3,7,11]. Arizona Sexual Experiences Scale (ASES); Developed by McGahuey et al in 2000, the scale assesses five essential components of sexual functioning as drive, arousal, penile erection/vaginal lubrication, ability to reach orgasm, and satisfaction with orgasm.…”