Akademik Veri Yönetim Sistemi
36th Annual Conference of the European Health Psychology Society, Bratislava, Slovakya, 23 - 27 Ağustos 2022, ss.727, (Özet Bildiri)
Background: Patients receiving dialysis experience a range of challenges that interfere with everyday life. Awareness of psychological burden as well as access to support varies across regions due to local healthcare infrastructure. In this research, we aimed to understand the perspectives of healthcare professionals’ involved in kidney care in relation to psychosocial support needs of patients receiving dialysis in Northern Cyprus. Method: The study used individual semi-structured interviews with sixteen healthcare professionals (2 nephrologists and 14 nurses). Transcripts in Turkish were inductively analysed using reflexive thematic analysis, with the findings then translated into English. Findings: Three themes were developed. The first theme– self-management equates to well-being- emphasised the way that healthcare professionals intrinsically linked patient well-being to adjustment to life on dialysis and finding a new sense of balance with the associated routine. The second theme- multi-faceted nature of well-being- emphasised the range of individual, family, economic, hospital and system level factors that impact patients’ overall mental health. The third theme – negotiating own and patient reality- brought into stark focus the need for empathy with patient situations but recognising the limits within which staff needed to operate due to knowledge, skills and system resources. Discussion: Healthcare professionals in Northern Cyprus recognise self-management as an important driver of psychological adjustment and identify with a stuckness in their capacity to extend further care. These findings have implications for the development of care pathways that take a more integrated approach to patient physical and mental well-being.