“I feel hard…”: an exploration of physical health experience among caregivers in providing care of stroke-survivors./ Dk Noor Azzatun N. A . Sobudin and Noor Amiera Alias

N. A . Sobudin, Dk Noor Azzatun and Alias, Noor Amiera (2019) “I feel hard…”: an exploration of physical health experience among caregivers in providing care of stroke-survivors./ Dk Noor Azzatun N. A . Sobudin and Noor Amiera Alias. Health Scope, 2. pp. 261-266. ISSN 2735-0649

Abstract

As the prevalence of stroke survivors is increasing each year, the demands among caregivers are also increasing where the stroke patients tend to rely on the help of caregivers to fulfil their daily needs. The increasing demands from the stroke survivors cause the caregivers at high risk of having the physical effects of caregiving. The study aims to explore the caregivers' experience in taking care of stroke survivors who live in rural areas. This is a phenomenological study on three caregivers of stroke survivors living in a rural area located in Sabah. By using Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis (IPA), a theme emerged which is “I feel hard …” in relation to body pain, muscle soreness, reduce in physical performance and fatigue. It can be concluded that there are negative physical effects of taking care of stroke survivors among caregivers living in rural areas.

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N. A . Sobudin, Dk Noor Azzatun
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Alias, Noor Amiera
noorameiraalias@gmail.com
Subjects: R Medicine > RA Public aspects of medicine > Public health. Hygiene. Preventive Medicine
R Medicine > RC Internal Medicine > Neuroscience. Biological psychiatry. Neuropsychiatry > Neurology. Diseases of the nervous system. Including speech disorders > Diseases of the central nervous system
R Medicine > RM Therapeutics. Pharmacology > Physical medicine. Physical therapy. Including massage, exercise, occupational therapy, hydrotherapy, phototherapy, radiotherapy, thermotherapy, electrotherapy
Divisions: Universiti Teknologi MARA, Selangor > Puncak Alam Campus > Faculty of Health Sciences
Journal or Publication Title: Health Scope
UiTM Journal Collections: Others > Healthscope
ISSN: 2735-0649
Volume: 2
Page Range: pp. 261-266
Keywords: Caregivers, exploration, physical effects, stroke
Date: September 2019
URI: https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/54729
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