Iranian Journal of Nursing and Midwifery Research1735-90661932014053125561EN20140531<p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><strong><span style="font-family: Humanist521BT-Bold;"><span style="font-family: Humanist521BT-Bold;"><span style="font-family: Humanist521BT-Bold;"><span style="font-family: Humanist521BT-Bold;"><span style="font-family: Humanist521BT-Bold;"><span style="font-family: Humanist521BT-Bold;"><span style="font-family: Humanist521BT-Bold;"><span style="font-family: Humanist521BT-Bold;"><span style="font-family: Humanist521BT-Bold;"><span style="font-family: Humanist521BT-Bold;"><span style="font-family: Humanist521BT-Bold;"><span style="font-family: Humanist521BT-Bold;"><span style="font-family: Humanist521BT-Bold;"><font face="Humanist521BT-Bold"><p>A</p></font><span style="font-family: Humanist521BT-Bold; font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-family: Humanist521BT-Bold; font-size: xx-small;">BSTRACT</span></span></span><span style="font-family: Humanist521BT-Bold; font-size: xx-small;">&nbsp;</span><span style="font-family: Arial-BoldMT; font-size: xx-small;"><strong><span style="font-family: Arial-BoldMT; font-size: xx-small;"><strong></strong></span></strong></span></span></span><span style="font-family: Arial-BoldMT; font-size: xx-small;"><strong><span style="font-family: Arial-BoldMT; font-size: xx-small;"><strong><span style="font-family: Arial-BoldMT; font-size: xx-small;">&nbsp;</span></strong></span></strong></span></span></span><span style="font-family: Arial-BoldMT; font-size: xx-small;"><strong><span style="font-family: Arial-BoldMT; font-size: xx-small;"><strong><span style="font-family: Arial-BoldMT; font-size: xx-small;">&nbsp;</span></strong></span></strong></span></span></span><span style="font-family: Arial-BoldMT; font-size: xx-small;"><strong><span style="font-family: Arial-BoldMT; font-size: xx-small;"><strong></strong></span></strong></span></span></span><span style="font-family: Arial-BoldMT; font-size: xx-small;"><strong><span style="font-family: Arial-BoldMT; font-size: xx-small;"><strong></strong></span></strong></span></span></span><span style="font-family: Arial-BoldMT; font-size: xx-small;"><strong><span style="font-family: Arial-BoldMT; font-size: xx-small;"><strong></strong></span></strong></span></span></span><span style="font-family: Arial-BoldMT; font-size: xx-small;"><strong><span style="font-family: Arial-BoldMT; font-size: xx-small;"><strong><span style="font-family: Arial-BoldMT; font-size: xx-small;"><strong><span style="font-family: Arial-BoldMT; font-size: xx-small;"><strong><span style="font-family: Arial-BoldMT; font-size: xx-small;"><strong><span style="font-family: Arial-BoldMT; font-size: xx-small;"><strong><span style="font-family: Arial-BoldMT; font-size: xx-small;"><strong><span style="font-family: Arial-BoldMT; font-size: xx-small;"><strong><span style="font-family: Arial-BoldMT; font-size: xx-small;"><strong><span style="font-family: Arial-BoldMT; font-size: xx-small;"><strong><span style="font-family: Arial-BoldMT; font-size: xx-small;"><strong><span style="font-family: Arial-BoldMT; font-size: xx-small;"><strong><span style="font-family: Arial-BoldMT; font-size: xx-small;"><strong><span style="font-family: Arial-BoldMT; font-size: xx-small;"><strong><span style="font-family: Arial-BoldMT; font-size: xx-small;"><strong><span style="font-family: Arial-BoldMT; font-size: xx-small;"><strong><span style="font-family: Arial-BoldMT; font-size: xx-small;"><strong><span style="font-family: Arial-BoldMT; font-size: xx-small;"><strong><span style="font-family: Arial-BoldMT; font-size: xx-small;"><strong><span style="font-family: Arial-BoldMT; font-size: xx-small;"><strong><font face="Arial-BoldMT" size="1"><p>Background:&nbsp;</p></font></strong></span></strong></span></strong><span style="font-family: ArialMT; font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-family: ArialMT; font-size: xx-small;">Patients with multiple sclerosis experience hospitalization several times in their lives. Certainly, providing ef</span></span><span style="font-family: ArialMT; font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-family: ArialMT; font-size: xx-small;">fi</span></span><span style="font-family: ArialMT; font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-family: ArialMT; font-size: xx-small;">cient and high-quality care by healthcare professionals is not possible unless the experiences of patients&rsquo; hospitalization are taken into consideration. This qualitative study was aimed to identify experiences of patients with multiple sclerosis in their hospitalization. </span></span></span></strong></span></strong></span></strong></span></strong></span></strong></span></strong></span></strong></span></strong></span></strong></span></strong></span></strong></span></strong></span></strong></span></strong></span></strong></span></strong></span></strong></span></strong><p><strong><span style="font-family: Arial-BoldMT; font-size: xx-small;"><strong><span style="font-family: Arial-BoldMT; font-size: xx-small;"><strong><span style="font-family: Arial-BoldMT;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">Materials and Methods:<span style="font-family: ArialMT; font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-family: ArialMT; font-size: xx-small;">A qualitative content analysis method was used to conduct this study. The study participants were 25 patients with multiple sclerosis, who were chosen by purposeful sampling. Data were collected through non-structured interviews.</span></span></span></span></strong></span></strong></span><p>&nbsp;<strong><span style="font-family: Arial-BoldMT; font-size: xx-small;"><strong><span style="font-family: Arial-BoldMT; font-size: xx-small;"><strong><span style="font-family: Arial-BoldMT; font-size: xx-small;"><strong><span style="font-family: Arial-BoldMT; font-size: xx-small;"><strong><span style="font-family: Arial-BoldMT; font-size: xx-small;"><strong><span style="font-family: Arial-BoldMT; font-size: xx-small;"><strong><span style="font-family: Arial-BoldMT; font-size: xx-small;"><strong><span style="font-family: Arial-BoldMT; font-size: xx-small;"><strong><span style="font-family: Arial-BoldMT; font-size: xx-small;"><strong><span style="font-family: Arial-BoldMT; font-size: xx-small;"><strong><span style="font-family: Arial-BoldMT; font-size: xx-small;"><strong><span style="font-family: Arial-BoldMT; font-size: xx-small;"><strong><span style="font-family: Arial-BoldMT; font-size: xx-small;"><strong><span style="font-family: Arial-BoldMT; font-size: xx-small;"><strong><span style="font-family: Arial-BoldMT; font-size: xx-small;">Results:&nbsp;</span></strong></span></strong></span></strong><span style="font-family: ArialMT; font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-family: ArialMT; font-size: xx-small;">The analysis resulted in the emergence of 4 themes and 11 subthemes. The main themes were: Religiosity, emotional reactions, seeking support, and feeling of being in a cage. </span></span></span></strong></span></strong></span></strong></span></strong></span></strong></span></strong></span></strong></span></strong></span></strong></span></strong></span></strong></span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: Arial-BoldMT; font-size: xx-small;"><strong><span style="font-family: Arial-BoldMT; font-size: xx-small;"><strong><span style="font-family: Arial-BoldMT; font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-family: Arial-BoldMT; font-size: xx-small;"><strong><span style="font-family: Arial-BoldMT; font-size: xx-small;"><strong><span style="font-family: Arial-BoldMT; font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-family: Arial-BoldMT; font-size: xx-small;"><strong><span style="font-family: Arial-BoldMT; font-size: xx-small;"><strong><span style="font-family: Arial-BoldMT; font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-family: Arial-BoldMT; font-size: xx-small;"><strong><span style="font-family: Arial-BoldMT; font-size: xx-small;"><strong><span style="font-family: Arial-BoldMT; font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-family: Arial-BoldMT; font-size: xx-small;"><strong><span style="font-family: Arial-BoldMT; font-size: xx-small;"><strong><span style="font-family: Arial-BoldMT; font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-family: Arial-BoldMT; font-size: xx-small;"><strong><span style="font-family: Arial-BoldMT; font-size: xx-small;"><strong><font face="Arial-BoldMT" size="1"><p>Conclusions:&nbsp;</p></font></strong></span></strong></span></span></strong></span></strong></span><span style="font-family: ArialMT; font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-family: ArialMT; font-size: xx-small;">Awareness of families and healthcare providers of the reactions of patients with multiple sclerosis to hospitalization will help them to deal effectively with patients and to improve relationships with them.&nbsp;</span></span><span style="font-family: ArialMT; font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-family: ArialMT; font-size: xx-small;">However, by understanding the patients&rsquo; experiences, the practitioners gain expertise and can join in the patients&rsquo; health journey in a therapeutic way during the hospitalization <span style="font-family: ArialMT; font-size: xx-small;">period. In addition, the </span></span></span><span style="font-family: ArialMT; font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-family: ArialMT; font-size: xx-small;">fi</span></span><span style="font-family: ArialMT; font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-family: ArialMT; font-size: xx-small;">ndings can serve to create a framework for developing nursing care processes including informational and supporting programs for multiple sclerosis patients during hospitalization while taking into consideration patients&rsquo; needs and cultural backgrounds.</span></span></span></strong></span></strong></span></span></strong></span></strong></span><p>&nbsp;</p></span></strong></span></strong></span><span style="font-family: ArialMT; font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-family: ArialMT; font-size: xx-small;">Key words: Content analysis, hospitalization, multiple sclerosis</span></span><span style="font-family: ArialMT; font-size: xx-small;"></span></span></strong></span></strong></span><span style="font-family: ArialMT; font-size: xx-small;"><p>&nbsp;</p></span></strong></p></strong></p>http://ijnmr.mui.ac.ir/index.php/ijnmr/article/view/1024http://ijnmr.mui.ac.ir/index.php/ijnmr/article/download/1024/745