The Perspectives of Iranian Patients with Multiple Sclerosis on Continuity of Care: A Qualitative Study

10.1097/jnr.0000000000000070

Reza Masoudi；HeidarAli Abedi；Parvin Abedi；Seyed Ehsan Mohammadianinejad

multiple sclerosis ； care ； qualitative study ； continuity ； Iran

The Journal of Nursing Research

23卷2期（2015 / 06 / 01）

145 - 152

英文

Background: Continuity in multiple sclerosis (MS) care has been cited as a critical feature of this care and necessary to improve medical outcomes. Purpose: This exploratory and descriptive research attempts to identify continuity of care from the experience and perspective of patientswithMS at two teaching hospitals and theMSSociety in Ahvaz, Iran. Methods: In this study, 23 patients with MS were selected through purposeful sampling. Data were collected through indepth and unstructured interviews and were analyzed using an inductive thematic analysis approach. Results: Four main themes emerged from the analysis: humanoriented attention, the necessity of purposeful planning, importance of responsibility, and caring with empathetic sensing. Conclusions/Implications for Practice: Because of the importance of professional caring practice to continuity of care for patients with MS, we suggest that healthcare providers should include these aspects in care planning.

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