Investigation experiences of hypertensive patients

Abstract

Background: Hypertension is one of the major chronic disorders. Hypertensive patients have various disease-related
experiences, based on personal and social characteristics, life style and other effective factors. Nurses face different
situations during their activities process and presentation of these experiences obtained during working with patients
can help them to improve the clinical activities. The purpose of this study was to determine the experiences of hypertensive
patients.
Methods: This was a qualitative phenomenological survey. The study population was hypertensive patients referred to
hospitals of Isfahan University of Medical Sciences. The sampling method was purposeful. The data collected by indepth
interviews and data analysis was done by Collaizi's seven-staged method.
Results: The findings of the interviews classified in 133 codes and the thematic analysis revealed three major clusters
as: 1. clinical experiences about the disease; 2. social experiences of the disease; and 3. mental-psychological experiences.
Conclusion: Hypertensive patients had mostly experienced chronic situations and treatment process as well as their surrounding
problems such as diet and life style. Life style is an important criterion for our physical health and it should be
changed so that hypertensive patients feet relatively healthy, fine and peaceful in the rest of their life. Patient indicated
beliefs about their disease and experienced its psychological signs.
Key words: Hypertension, experiences, patient