Background: Patients with heart failure is a patient group growing in numbers, the most common treatment focuses on reliving symptoms and the only cure is heart transplantation. Objective: Aim of the study was to illuminate patients' experiences of living with heart failure at his home. Method: Qualitative design, with a manifest content analysis. The results are based on 12 scientific articles. Results: Patients with heart failure find that the disease is limited to their daily lives through mental illness and physical symptoms. The short comings of given information to the Patients are a necessary element to include in the planning for Patients future life. The Patients are experiencing that their lives are hanging on a thread as their life is running out, giving anxiety and worries. The need for palliative care is great, but is experienced by patients as containing large gaps. Discussion: Heart failure is a hidden disease, where patients with heart failure often feel like a burden on the environment. Dependence on other people gives a feeling of hope and hopelessness. Conclusion: information plays a large role in how patients with heart failure are able to live with their everyday lives.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:UPSALLA1/oai:DiVA.org:miun-11445 |
| Date | January 2010 |
| Creators | Sjödin, Christina, Wall Dahlberg, Malin |
| Publisher | Mittuniversitetet, Mittuniversitetet, Institutionen för hälsovetenskap, Mittuniversitetet, Mittuniversitetet, Institutionen för hälsovetenskap |
| Source Sets | DiVA Archive at Upsalla University |
| Language | Swedish |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Student thesis, info:eu-repo/semantics/bachelorThesis, text |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess |
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