‘You put it all together’ – families' evaluation of participating in Family Health Conversations

Benzein, Eva; Olin, Cecilia C.; Persson, Carina

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“…Research into FamHc shows positive impact for families [19-22, 30-32]. Based on the increased evidence in the literature on positive outcomes of paying attention to families in health care, FamHC may facilitate building a trusting relationship with families that have a family member living in a residential home.…”

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Family Health Conversations have Positive Outcomes on Families - A Mixed Method Research Study

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Isaksson²,

Östlund³

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Background:Having a family member living in a residential home affects the entire family and can be hard to handle. Family members require encouraging and open communication support from nurses during and after relocation to a residential home. A Family Systems Nursing intervention, “Family Health Conversations” (FamHC) was conducted in order to strengthen the health of families having relatives at residential home for older people.Objectives:The aims of this study were to evaluate the responses to the Family Health Conversations in families with a member living at a residential home for older people and to integrate the empirical results with a theoretical assumption upon which the intervention was based.Methods:A mixed methods research design was used. The Swedish Health-Related Quality of Life Survey and the Family Hardiness Index were administered before and 6 months after the intervention. Qualitative data was collected by semi-structured interviews with each family 6 months post-intervention. The sample included 10 families comprising 22 family members.Result:Main finding was that FamHCs helped family members process their feelings about having a member living at a residential home and made it easier for them to deal with their own situations. FamHCs helped to ease their consciences, improve their emotional well-being, and change their beliefs about their own insufficiency and guilt. Seeing problems from a different perspective facilitated the families’ thinking in a new way.Conclusion:These findings showed that FamHC could be an important type of intervention to improve family functioning and enhance the emotional well-being.

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“…Previous research has shown that families experience a positive impact from participating in family health conversations and the 15-Minute Family Interviews in other contexts, for example, when a family member experiences chronic illness, cardiac and ischemic illness, depression or childhood cancer (Bell, 2015;Benzein et al, 2015;Östlund & Persson, 2014). This suggests that more empirical studies are needed in the context of families where a family member is diagnosed with breast cancer.…”

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“…This is further emphasised by the number of women and families afflicted by breast cancer and their unmet need of support John et al, 2013). Moreover, the positive impact previous research has shown in families participating in family health conversations (FamHC) in other contexts, for example, when a family member experienced chronic illness, cardiac and ischemic illness, depression or childhood cancer (Bell, 2015;Benzein et al, 2015;Östlund & Persson, 2014), points to the importance of empirical studies involving the whole family.Since the diagnosis and its subsequent treatment are reported as a strenuous experience for both the woman afflicted and her family members, this thesis aimed to explore the experiences of everyday life during radiation therapy from the perspectives of the woman with breast cancer and her family and to explore the families' experiences of participating in Short Family Health Conversations (SFamHC). This approach includes the family's life situation, that is, their experiences, emotions and needs as individuals and as a family, but also their interactions, when a family member is diagnosed with breast cancer.…”

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“…During the SFamHC, the conversational leader cooperates with each family in comprehending the family structure by making a genogram as well as visualising the family's contact with the larger system through the creation of an ecomap. The conversational leader also offers reflections and commendations to the family.Previous research has shown that families experience a positive impact from participating in family health conversations and the 15-Minute Family Interviews in other contexts, for example, when a family member experiences chronic illness, cardiac and ischemic illness, depression or childhood cancer (Bell, 2015;Benzein et al, 2015;Östlund & Persson, 2014). This suggests that more empirical studies are needed in the context of families where a family member is diagnosed with breast cancer.…”

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On a journey for survival : everyday life during radiation therapy from the perspectives of women with breast cancer and their families

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To everyone who has believed in me Vi människor är sociala varelser. Vi kommer till denna värld som ett resultat av andras handlingar. För vår överlevnad är vi ömsesidigt beroende av varandra. Vare sig vi vill eller inte finns det inte en enda stund i livet då vi inte drar nytta av sådant som andra har gjort eller gör. Det är därför knappast förvånande att det mesta av vår lycka uppstår i relationer med andra. Inte heller är det anmärkningsvärt om vår största glädje uppstår när vi motiveras av omsorg om andra. Men det är mera än så. Allt tyder på att altruistiska handlingar inte bara skapar lycka, utan att de också minskar vår upplevelse av lidande. Vårt beteende mot andra blir automatiskt positivt när vi handlar av omsorg mot dem. Det är för att vi inte har plats för några misstankar när hjärtat är fyllt av kärlek. Det är som en inre dörr öppnas och låter oss komma ut. ABSTRACTThis thesis focuses on women diagnosed with breast cancer and their family members. Since a breast cancer diagnosis and its subsequent treatment are a strenuous experience not only for the woman afflicted but also for her family members, this thesis aimed to explore the experiences of everyday life during radiation therapy from the perspectives of the woman with breast cancer and her family, as well as exploring families' experiences of participating in short family health conversations (SFamHC). All included studies were interview studies (Papers I, II, III & IV), where 30 women (20 in Paper I and 10 in Paper II) with breast cancer, 19 family members including the women with breast cancer (Paper III) and 9 families (Paper IV) were interviewed. The data from the interviews was analysed using qualitative content analysis (Papers I & II), a hermeneutical phenomenological method (Paper III) and thematic analysis (Paper IV).The women's experiences of breathing adapted radiation therapy (BART) (Paper I) were identified in an overall theme, The breath of life, as the women experienced the breathing as a way to influence their treatment and thus their survival. The overall theme could be divided into one main category: Participating in one's treatment, for good or ill, with four subcategories: Knowing one has done something good, Getting an extra bonushealthwise, The experience of being in control and Being in a hightechnology environment.Women born in Iraq and the former Yugoslavia, diagnosed with breast cancer and living in Sweden, experienced their everyday life during radiation therapy as a narrow and challenging treatment road to survival (Paper II). Their experiences were structured into three categories: Strategies for survival, Keeping up appearances and Staying in control. More focus should be on acknowledging the woman behind the diagnosis, regardless of her origin, in order to 10 develop individualised support programmes to help women cope with everyday life during radiation therapy.The families' lived experience when a family member is diagnosed with breast cancer (Paper III) was described as a challenging endeavour to regain an or...

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Attitudes and perceptions of healthcare professionals related to family participation in surgical cancer care—A mixed method study

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The World Health Organization (1998) defines health as "a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being and not just the absence of illness and disability."Family is the composition of a self-defined group that includes two or more people. The bond between family members is not dependent on law or blood ties but is defined by a member's experience of belonging to a family (Whall, 1986). Family is self-defined and beyond blood ties, which thus opens a diversity of different family constellations. The feeling of a strong sense of belonging is fundamental (Wright & Leahey, 2013). The well-being of a family is intertwined between each member, and individual changes in members can create ill health in the whole family. Kakkinen and Hanson (2015, p. 5) define family health as "a dynamic changing relative state of well-being which includes the biological, psychological, spiritual, sociological and cultural factors of the family systems." To maintain perceived health, communication is a cornerstone that creates balance within the family and thereby the power to resist external influences. Each family has its own culture regarding function and structure, which can change over time. A nurse needs to understand the family's structure and culture to best support the family in a crisis (Kakkinen & Hanson, 2015).

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‘You put it all together’ – families' evaluation of participating in Family Health Conversations

Abstract: Family Health Conversations should be offered as a part of standard care shortly after diagnosis and at various transitions in life.

Cited by 67 publications

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Family Health Conversations have Positive Outcomes on Families - A Mixed Method Research Study

Family Health Conversations have Positive Outcomes on Families - A Mixed Method Research Study

On a journey for survival : everyday life during radiation therapy from the perspectives of women with breast cancer and their families

Attitudes and perceptions of healthcare professionals related to family participation in surgical cancer care—A mixed method study

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