Experiences of living with dementia: Qualitative content analysis of semi-structured interviews

Journal of Clinical Nursing

Volumn 22, Issue 21-22, 2013, Pages 3032-3041

  Mazaheri, Monir ^a,b   Eriksson, Lars E ^a   Heikkilä, Kristiina ^a   Nasrabadi, Alireza Nikbakht ^b   Ekman, Sirkka Liisa ^a   Sunvisson, Helena ^c  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c ÖREBRO UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Content analysis; Dementia; Gerontology nursing; Iran; Life experiences; Qualitative studies; Semi structured interview

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CONTENT ANALYSIS; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; GERIATRIC NURSING; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; IRAN; LIFE EXPERIENCES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SEMI-STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; VERY ELDERLY;

CONTENT ANALYSIS; DEMENTIA; GERONTOLOGY NURSING; IRAN; LIFE EXPERIENCES; QUALITATIVE STUDIES; SEMI-STRUCTURED INTERVIEW;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH;

EID: 84885844401     PISSN: 09621067     EISSN: 13652702     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jocn.12275     Document Type: Article

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