ArticleBMC nephrology2023
A qualitative study on hope in iranian end stage renal disease patients undergoing hemodialysis.
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- Real experience of young and middle-aged hemodialysis patients: a qualitative meta-synthesis.Frontiers in medicine · 2025Pooled it
- The Effect of an Educational Program Based on Orem's Self-care Model on Treatment Adherence, Self-care Behaviors, and Quality of Life in Hemodialysis Patients in Iran: A Randomized Controlled Clinical Trial.Journal of preventive medicine and public health = Yebang Uihakhoe chi · 2026Trial
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- Family support, stigma, and psychological detachment in hemodialysis patients: a cross-sectional mediation analysis.BMC nephrology · 2026Article
- Qualitative study on the sense of meaning in life in uremic patients undergoing initial hemodialysis.International journal of qualitative studies on health and well-being · 2025Article
- The Relationship of Spiritual Orientation with Depression and Hopelessness in Patients Receiving Hemodialysis Treatment: A Descriptive and Correlational Study in Türkiye.Journal of religion and health · 2025Article
- Investigating the relationship between perceived social support and resilience in patients undergoing hemodialysis: a cross-sectional study.BMC nephrology · 2025Article
- Relationship between uncertainty in illness and hope in patients undergoing haemodialysis in Iran: a cross-sectional study.BMJ open · 2024Article
- The mediating role of hope in the relation between uncertainty and social support with self-management among patients with ESKD undergoing hemodialysis.BMC nephrology · 2024Article
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Abstract
backgroundEnd Stage Renal Disease (ESRD) patients undergoing hemodialysis are faced with serious problems in their lives. Hope, as a multifaceted factor, plays a critical role in these patients' lives. Given the multifaceted process of hope, this study aimed to describe hope and identify the challenges, strategies, and outcomes of hope in Iranian ESRD patients undergoing hemodialysis.
methodsThis is a qualitative study using content analysis. The participants were selected using purposive sampling. The data were collected using deep, semi-structured interviews with 14 participants; it continued until reaching data saturation. Graneheim and Lundman content analysis approach was used to analyze the data.
resultsFive main categories and twenty-two subcategories emerged; the categories consisted of (1) Hope described as a particular event to happen, (2) Opportunities and threats to achieve hope, (3) Negative emotions as barriers to achieve hope, (4) Positive coping strategies to achieve hope, and (5) Growth and excellence as the outcomes of hope.
conclusionsBased on the findings, ESRD patients undergoing hemodialysis described hope as a positive feeling of expectation and desire for a special thing to happen. They faced threats and opportunities to achieve hope, which exposed them to negative emotions as barriers of hope. Thus, they make use of positive coping strategies to achieve hope. Moreover, hope led to growth and excellence. Through awareness of hope, definition and strategies to achieve it, and teaching them, physicians and nurses working in hemodialysis wards can enhance hope in patients.
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