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The Caring Experience of Family Caregivers for Patients of Living Donor Liver Transplantation from the Family Members
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Miseon Bang, Suhye Kwon
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J Korean Acad Nurs 2022;52(4):435-450. Published online August 31, 2022
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.4040/jkan.22043
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The purpose of the study was to understand the care experiences of the family of living donor liver transplantation (LDLT) patients where the donation had occurred within the family.
Methods
Participants were eight family caregivers who cared for recipients and donors of LDLT. Data were collected through individual in-depth interviews from November, 2020 to April, 2021. Data analysis was performed through a cyclical process of data collection and analysis by applying Giorgi’s phenomenological research method.
Results
The five main components extracted from the experiences of the family caregivers were: "A double-edged choice to save the family", "The harsh daily life of liver transplantation care", "The yoke of double care on both shoulders", "The power to withstand the adversity of caring", and "The recovery and growth of life pursued by trusting each other".
Conclusion
The participants tried to do their best in their daily lives, while providing reassurance and care to the LDLT patients in the family; however, they expressed some worry and hardship while doing so. The results of this study provide a deeper understanding of the caring experience of the family caregivers, which may contribute to the development of nursing interventions that will aid these caregivers in providing care to their LDLT family members. Furthermore, the development and application of an integrated management program for LDLT patients in the family is required.
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Shi He, Ningbin Huang, Meiqi Lai, Wenwen Li, Siting Chen, Guolong Zhang, Danxia Huang, Guilin Peng, Ying Huang, Liang Ruan
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Young Adult Donor’s Experiences of Living Donor Liver Transplantation
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Miseon Bang, Haeyun Shin, Min Ryu, Suhye Kwon
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J Korean Acad Nurs 2021;51(1):105-118. Published online February 28, 2021
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.4040/jkan.20235
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This study aimed to explore young adult donors’ experiences of living donor liver transplantation.
Methods
A phenomenological research method was used. The participants were two women and six men. Data were collected through individual in-depth interviews from November 25th, 2019 to June 10th, 2020 and analyzed using Colaizzi’s phenomenological method.
Results
Five theme clusters extracted from the young adult donors’ experiences were painful decision of a liver donation, the agony of both mind and body that overpowers youth, the bitter and bare face of reality that a young donor encounters, feeling the power of love that fills up the space of the organ removed, and liver donation becoming priming water for maturity.
Conclusion
The results of this study provide a deeper understanding of the lives of young adult donors who have experienced unexpected difficulties as well as self growth from the donation. It is expected that the results can be of use for developing and applying customized nursing interventions for management before and after liver donation among young adult donors.
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Ya-Ping Lin, Huei-Ya Chen
Medicine, Health Care and Philosophy.2025; 28(3): 517. CrossRef - Research Trends on Living Donors for Liver Transplantation: A Text Network Analysis and Topic Modeling
Seongmi Choi, Mihui Kim, Won Jin Seo
Journal of Korean Academy of Fundamentals of Nursing.2024; 31(2): 157. CrossRef - Living well or not? Quality of life of parental living liver donors: A cross‐sectional study
Xiaxin Wu, Jing Chen, Yaru Fan, Yuexian Shi, Wei Gao
Journal of Clinical Nursing.2023; 32(15-16): 5113. CrossRef - The Caring Experience of Family Caregivers for Patients of Living Donor Liver Transplantation from the Family Members
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Journal of Korean Academy of Nursing.2022; 52(4): 435. CrossRef - The life experiences of living liver donors: A qualitative meta‐synthesis
Hye‐Young Jang, Hyei Yeon Im, Hye Jin Nam
Research in Nursing & Health.2022; 45(6): 693. CrossRef
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