OBJECTIVES To improve the support to bereaved spouses during the year after the patient's death, a project was started consisting of three visits by a nurse (after 1, 3, and 13 months) with conversations about the patient's death and the spouse's life situation. The aim of this study was to describe the bereaved spouse's situation and adaptation during the first year after the loss. METHODS S...

SPOUSE ADAPTATION AFTER THE PARTNER'S OPEN HEART SURGERY By Marietta J. Gardner The purpose of this study was to describe the adaptation of male and female spouses after their partners' open heart surgery using the theory of person as an adaptive syston. A descriptive correlational design was used to examine adaptation of male and fanale spouses to their partners' open heart surgery (criterion ...

BACKGROUND Heavy carrying and lifting (HCL) is a common activity among farmers that may be related to health. The aim of this study was to examine HCL as a proxy for occupational physical activity (PA) among farm residents. The secondary objective was to evaluate PA based on HCL. METHODS Data from 21,296 farmers and 30,951 spouses in the Agricultural Health Study examined the relationship bet...

Although suicide is a leading cause of death among new mothers during the postpartum period, there has been limited research on self-harm in the postpartum period and associated risk factors. One potential risk factor for suicidality (completed suicides, suicide attempts, and suicide ideation including thoughts of self harm) during the postpartum period is postpartum depression (PPD). In this s...

The article analyzes interaction of spouses in overcoming financial stress. An online survey 136 married couples was conducted during the lockdown caused by spread COVID-19 accompanied family income losses. Frequency and severity discussions on topics; level subjective economic well-being, activity coping strategies, cohesion adaptation were measured. Results showed that discussion topics is a ...

The objective was to explore patients' and spouses' perception attitudes towards participating in a patient family advisory council. A qualitative study with interviews conducted within phenomenological-hermeneutical frame, inspired by Ricoeur were current former participants (patients and/or spouses) of council Denmark. In total, 16 interviewed (12 patients/four mean age 68 (range 49–79) 44 % ...

his study determines married couples’ experiences that negatively affected their lives and relationships they have had difficulty forgiving, what did to overcome these incidents, how reacted each other. The also examines the variables predicting spouses’ marital satisfaction. employs a nested mixed methods design in which 289 individuals living Turkey participated. Of participants, 97 stated ha...

This research aims to understand mother’s and girl’s expectations from their spouses, and shows the difference between these two generation’s expectations. Along this, by using qualitative approach and deep semi-structured interview, we studied the expectations difference among 14 mothers and 14 girls resided at Tehran city’s fifth region (area).Results from the research showed that women’s exp...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Few studies have focused on long-term changes in the caregiving experience after stroke. This study assessed changes in the psychosocial functioning of spouses (burden, depressive symptoms, harmony in the relationship between patient and spouse, and social relations) during the first 3 years after stroke and identified predictors of the course of spouses' psychosocial fun...