Explaining Couples' Perceptions of Dyadic Coping After Open Heart Surgery: A Qualitative Study Using Conventional Content Analysis
| Author | Mahdieh Sarhadi | en |
| Orcid | Mahdieh Sarhadi [0000-0001-7846-927X] | en |
| Issued Date | 2025-12-31 | en |
| Abstract | Background: Dyadic coping is one of the methods that couples use to cope with stressful factors such as surgery. Objectives: This study aimed to explain dyadic coping in couples undergoing open-heart surgery. Methods: The present study was conducted using a qualitative method with the participation of 18 couples with a history of open-heart surgery in 2024 - 2025. Participants underwent in-depth and semi-structured interviews (individual-couple). The interviews were immediately transcribed and content analyzed using the conventional method. MAXQDA2022 software was used to classify the information, and data analysis was performed using the method proposed by Griesheim and Lundman (2004). Results: The results of the present study showed that open-heart surgery can create positive couple coping among couples. Positive couple coping can be observed in confronting fears, creating positive couple processes, adapting to the disease over time, maintaining couple integrity, and protecting the patient in the couple's family and social relationships. Conclusions: The results of the present study emphasize the necessity of integrating assessment and strengthening of positive couple coping in nursing care programs. This can lead to the improvement of important clinical outcomes such as adherence to treatment regimens, reduction of postoperative complications, and acceleration of recovery. Therefore, it is suggested that hospitals should also pay attention to the role of spouses in their educational, counseling, and rehabilitation programs and design and implement effective psychological interventions as standard protocols for use at the level of hospitals and cardiac rehabilitation centers. | en |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.5812/icrj-164207 | en |
| URI | https://brieflands.com/journals/ircrj/articles/164207 | en |
| Keyword | Open Heart Surgery | en |
| Keyword | Patient | en |
| Keyword | Spouses of Patients | en |
| Keyword | Dyadic Coping | en |
| Publisher | Brieflands | en |
| Title | Explaining Couples' Perceptions of Dyadic Coping After Open Heart Surgery: A Qualitative Study Using Conventional Content Analysis | en |
| Type | Research Article | en |
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