"You put it all together"’ - families' evaluation of participating in Family Health Conversations
Engelsk titel: "You put it all together"’ - families' evaluation of participating in Family Health Conversations
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Författare:
Benzein, Eva
;
Olin, Cecilia
;
Persson, Carina
Email: carina.persson@lnu.se
Språk: Eng
Antal referenser: 50
Dokumenttyp:
Artikel
UI-nummer: 15043622
Sammanfattning
Aims and objectives
To evaluate the Family Health Conversations from the perspective of families living with chronic
illness.
Methodological design and justification
This study has a descriptive qualitative design using semi-structured evaluative family interviews
and conventional content analysis.
Ethical issues and approval
The study was approved by a Regional Ethical Review Board.
Research methods
Family Health Conversations were used as an intervention with 14 families living with chronic
illness. The outcome measures consisted of evaluative family interviews.
Results
Families' experiences of the conversations embraced their structure and the interactions with the
conversation leaders. All families were satisfied with the conversations, pointing to the importance of
having them early in the illness process. The opportunity to talk with someone outside the family was
strongly emphasised as promoting well-being. The experienced significance of the conversations
was captured in four categories: creating a whole picture, that is, being given the opportunity to listen
to other family members' experiences and fill in potential memory gaps; making the situation
manageable, that is, receiving support from other participants in order to handle problems and gain
control; facilitating healing, that is, being able to tell their story about what had previously been ‘the
unspeakable’; and strengthened family cohesion, that is, increased understanding for each other's
experiences, thus bringing family members closer together.
Study limitations
Most families were partners, which could possibly limit transferability of the findings to families
constituted by couples.
Conclusions
Family Health Conversations should be offered as a part of standard care shortly after diagnosis and
at various transitions in life. Published by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons.