Exploring the impact of stressful life events on quality of life: meaning making and narrative reconstruction
CONCLUSIONS: The study suggests that "securing the base," including strong social relations and security in economic and housing conditions, is a prerequisite for enhancing QoL. The insights on "the base" have profound implications for QoL. Recognizing their fundamental importance, policymakers, healthcare professionals, and social service providers can support mechanisms to enhance these foundations, improving overall well-being for individuals and communities.PMID:38525819 | PMC:PMC10964830 | DOI:10.1080/17482631.2024.2330117 (Source: International Journal of Qualitative Studies on Health and Well-being)
Source: International Journal of Qualitative Studies on Health and Well-being - March 25, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Lotte Kring Evald Iversen Bjarne Ibsen Michael Fehsenfeld Source Type: research

Exploring the impact of stressful life events on quality of life: meaning making and narrative reconstruction
CONCLUSIONS: The study suggests that "securing the base," including strong social relations and security in economic and housing conditions, is a prerequisite for enhancing QoL. The insights on "the base" have profound implications for QoL. Recognizing their fundamental importance, policymakers, healthcare professionals, and social service providers can support mechanisms to enhance these foundations, improving overall well-being for individuals and communities.PMID:38525819 | DOI:10.1080/17482631.2024.2330117 (Source: International Journal of Qualitative Studies on Health and Well-being)
Source: International Journal of Qualitative Studies on Health and Well-being - March 25, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Lotte Kring Evald Iversen Bjarne Ibsen Michael Fehsenfeld Source Type: research

Exploring the personal stroke and rehabilitation experiences of older adults with chronic stroke during the COVID-19 pandemic: a qualitative descriptive study
CONCLUSIONS: One unique finding was that the participants used this study as an opportunity to teach and advocate for future stroke survivors which is not often seen in qualitative stroke rehabilitation research. Future stroke research should place emphasis on both the positive and negative experiences of this population.PMID:38511399 | DOI:10.1080/17482631.2024.2331431 (Source: International Journal of Qualitative Studies on Health and Well-being)
Source: International Journal of Qualitative Studies on Health and Well-being - March 21, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Nicole P Lee Erin S Pearson Paolo Sanzo Taryn Klarner Source Type: research

Dialogued into being: Constructing knowledge about hand osteoarthritis from a polyphony of voices in healthcare encounters
CONCLUSION: New knowledge about hand OA is co-constructed in the situated context of the clinical encounter through a polyphony of voices-some of which are dominant, while others occupy the periphery-within and between the interactants in dialgue.PMID:38498812 | PMC:PMC10949837 | DOI:10.1080/17482631.2024.2330221 (Source: International Journal of Qualitative Studies on Health and Well-being)
Source: International Journal of Qualitative Studies on Health and Well-being - March 18, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Hege Johanne Magnussen Ingvild Kjeken Irma Pinxsterhuis Trine Amalie Sj øvold Marte Feiring Source Type: research

Secondhand smoke prevention through the perceptions of pregnant women with smoking family members: a Thailand study
CONCLUSION: The findings provide insights into second-hand smoke prevention from the perception of pregnant women with smoking family members. Healthcare professionals need to design interventions tailored to pregnant women's needs and involve smoking family members. It is necessary to develop and incorporate clinical guidelines into standard prenatal care to support healthcare personnel in identifying, assessing, educating, and mitigating the issue of second-hand smoking exposure.PMID:38498815 | PMC:PMC10949832 | DOI:10.1080/17482631.2024.2326109 (Source: International Journal of Qualitative Studies on Health and Well-being)
Source: International Journal of Qualitative Studies on Health and Well-being - March 18, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Sunisa Chansaeng Waraporn Boonchieng Warangkana Naksen Source Type: research

Dialogued into being: Constructing knowledge about hand osteoarthritis from a polyphony of voices in healthcare encounters
CONCLUSION: New knowledge about hand OA is co-constructed in the situated context of the clinical encounter through a polyphony of voices-some of which are dominant, while others occupy the periphery-within and between the interactants in dialgue.PMID:38498812 | PMC:PMC10949837 | DOI:10.1080/17482631.2024.2330221 (Source: International Journal of Qualitative Studies on Health and Well-being)
Source: International Journal of Qualitative Studies on Health and Well-being - March 18, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Hege Johanne Magnussen Ingvild Kjeken Irma Pinxsterhuis Trine Amalie Sj øvold Marte Feiring Source Type: research

Secondhand smoke prevention through the perceptions of pregnant women with smoking family members: a Thailand study
CONCLUSION: The findings provide insights into second-hand smoke prevention from the perception of pregnant women with smoking family members. Healthcare professionals need to design interventions tailored to pregnant women's needs and involve smoking family members. It is necessary to develop and incorporate clinical guidelines into standard prenatal care to support healthcare personnel in identifying, assessing, educating, and mitigating the issue of second-hand smoking exposure.PMID:38498815 | PMC:PMC10949832 | DOI:10.1080/17482631.2024.2326109 (Source: International Journal of Qualitative Studies on Health and Well-being)
Source: International Journal of Qualitative Studies on Health and Well-being - March 18, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Sunisa Chansaeng Waraporn Boonchieng Warangkana Naksen Source Type: research

Nurse assistants' experiences of encountering patients in grief due to the death of a loved one - a qualitative study in municipal health and social care
CONCLUSIONS: The NAs encountered expressions of strong emotions from patients in grief, and even expressions of a desire to end their lives. Additionally, the NAs had to deal with their own emotions that were evoked when meeting patients in grief. These challenges indicate the need for enhanced conditions in the work culture, and improved training and supervision in health and social care.PMID:38493488 | PMC:PMC10946262 | DOI:10.1080/17482631.2024.2330116 (Source: International Journal of Qualitative Studies on Health and Well-being)
Source: International Journal of Qualitative Studies on Health and Well-being - March 17, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Anne-Lie Larsson Ingela Beck Ann-Christin Janl öv Eva-Lena Einberg Source Type: research

Living with a person with young onset dementia - spousal experience
CONCLUSION: The spouse of a person with young onset dementia has a range of emotional experiences and has resourceful ways of handling everyday life. Various types of support are offered to spouses, however, they seemed to desire more from health care services.PMID:38493492 | PMC:PMC10946261 | DOI:10.1080/17482631.2024.2330233 (Source: International Journal of Qualitative Studies on Health and Well-being)
Source: International Journal of Qualitative Studies on Health and Well-being - March 17, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Tania H åkansson Hilda Svensson Staffan Karlsson Source Type: research

Nurse assistants' experiences of encountering patients in grief due to the death of a loved one - a qualitative study in municipal health and social care
CONCLUSIONS: The NAs encountered expressions of strong emotions from patients in grief, and even expressions of a desire to end their lives. Additionally, the NAs had to deal with their own emotions that were evoked when meeting patients in grief. These challenges indicate the need for enhanced conditions in the work culture, and improved training and supervision in health and social care.PMID:38493488 | DOI:10.1080/17482631.2024.2330116 (Source: International Journal of Qualitative Studies on Health and Well-being)
Source: International Journal of Qualitative Studies on Health and Well-being - March 17, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Anne-Lie Larsson Ingela Beck Ann-Christin Janl öv Eva-Lena Einberg Source Type: research

Living with a person with young onset dementia - spousal experience
CONCLUSION: The spouse of a person with young onset dementia has a range of emotional experiences and has resourceful ways of handling everyday life. Various types of support are offered to spouses, however, they seemed to desire more from health care services.PMID:38493492 | DOI:10.1080/17482631.2024.2330233 (Source: International Journal of Qualitative Studies on Health and Well-being)
Source: International Journal of Qualitative Studies on Health and Well-being - March 17, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Tania H åkansson Hilda Svensson Staffan Karlsson Source Type: research

"People want better": a qualitative exploration of stakeholders' views on introducing well-being coordinators in the screen industry
CONCLUSIONS: The experiences of professionals across the screen industry vary; however, a pervasive culture of bullying and harassment is commonplace. Through the introduction of Well-being Coordinators, there is the potential to enact positive change.PMID:38465627 | PMC:PMC10930092 | DOI:10.1080/17482631.2024.2326681 (Source: International Journal of Qualitative Studies on Health and Well-being)
Source: International Journal of Qualitative Studies on Health and Well-being - March 11, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: John Goodwin Eleanor McSherry Ryan Goulding James O'Mahony Rachael O'Callaghan Ciara Chambers Source Type: research