background: polycystic ovary syndrome (pcos) is the most common endocrinopathy affecting up to one in every five women of reproductive age. the majority of researches on pcos focus on its biomedical aspects, often overlooking and neglecting women’s own perceptions and experiences. objectives: this study aimed to explore women’s perception and experiences that influence their personal gender rol...

BACKGROUND Caring for mental health care users (MHCUs) with mental illnesses is a major task that confronts nurses globally. It has been argued that caring for this group of patients is accompanied by unique challenges. Despite the available abundance of data about nursing patients suffering from mental illnesses, little is known about the lived experiences of nurses who care for MHCUs in acute...

PURPOSE/OBJECTIVES To describe caregiver sleep and depression using caregiver narratives. To compare qualitative descriptions with quantitative scores. DESIGN Descriptive, one-time, open-ended interview followed by structured sleep and depression questions. SETTING Interview conducted in person or via telephone at caregiver's preference. SAMPLE 47 caregivers of patients with advanced stag...

BACKGROUND Photo-elicitation is a method used increasingly often in qualitative health research, and its positive effect on the research process is well established today. Photo-elicitation appears to facilitate verbalization and insight and to improve relationships between the researcher and participants, thereby enriching the quality of the data collected. Nonetheless, it is barely used at al...

From an indigenous and holistic perspective, the current dominant biomedical model of health and illness has a limited view of people and their wellbeing. The present study aimed to explore Māori spiritual healers' views on healing and healing practices, and the implications of these for conceptualisations of holism, health and wellbeing. Six indigenous Māori in Aotearoa/New Zealand took part i...

Background Aphasia is an acquired impairment in language and in the cognitive processes that underlie language. Aphasia affects the quality of life of the person with aphasia (PWA) and his or her families in various ways in diverse contexts and cultures. It is therefore important that speech language therapists understand how different contextual and cultural factors may mediate experiences. ...

family plays an important role in physical activity behaviors in children andadolescents although the procedure of this effect is not clear. this study wasdesigned to explore the family role in forming female adolescents’ physical activitybehavior. this study used a qualitative procedure and content analysis method. tocollect data, semi–structured interviews were conducted with 25 participants ...

Textbook evaluation is essential to determine whether the text standard enough achieve teaching objectives. The researcher used qualitative research method collect data for this study investigate suitability of textbook Higher Secondary Level in Bangladesh listening and speaking skills. Based on internal criteria (MacDonough & Shaw, 2013) semi-structured interviews with eight teachers, find...