Engelsk titel: Struggling with food and meals: a study of women stricken by stroke
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Författare:
Gustafsson K
;
Andersson J
Email: kerstin.gustafsson@pubcare.uu.se
Språk: Swe
Antal referenser: 42
Dokumenttyp:
Artikel
UI-nummer: 04043374
Sammanfattning
The aim of this study was to investigate:
energy and nutrient
intake in eighteen women stricken
by stroke, how they perceived and
valued food-related duties in everyday
life, how they handled food
shopping and cooking, and what
strategies they used as well as
what attitudes they held regarding
the need for help. Swedish community-
dwelling women, born
1912–1935, were selected for the
study. Participants were both
cohabiting and living alone. The
methods used were a repeated 24-
hour recall and qualitative interviews
with an ethnographic
approach. The results showed
that the women struggled greatly
to be independent in their performance
of food-related duties.
Some of them had a negative attitude
towards aids and assistance.
The wish to be independent and
not to be a burden made it difficult
for the women to accept help
from relatives or society. The
women’s situation and their dislike
for receiving help with food-related
duties meant that their energy
intake and intake of some nutrients
were lower than recommended for
this group of women. The implication
for nursing is that care-plans
for implementation of assistance
should be developed in co-operation
with the women in order to
maintain their self-determination
and that a positive collaboration
should be established with personnel
caring for the women. Women
should also be advised to enrich
their food with, for instance, cream
or oil, and to eat nutritious snacks
between meals.