TY - JOUR
T1 - Wellness and Religious Coping Among Thai Individuals Living with Chronic Kidney Disease in Southern California
AU - Chatrung, Chutikarn
AU - Sorajjakool, Siroj
AU - Amnatsatsue, Kwanjai
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2014, Springer Science+Business Media New York.
PY - 2015/12/29
Y1 - 2015/12/29
N2 - This qualitative research is based on eight Thai participants living with chronic kidney disease living in Southern California. Four emerging themes are (a) wellness, (b) self-care, (c) impact of illness on life, and (d) religious coping. Family relations, social support, and religious coping affected self-care and how they managed their everyday activities. Knowledge about the disease and its mechanism were crucial to the decision-making process in relation to self-care. Good self-care and appropriate self-management led to wellness and improved quality of life. Religion provided a belief system focusing on the place of acceptance that was essential for coping with emotional stressors.
AB - This qualitative research is based on eight Thai participants living with chronic kidney disease living in Southern California. Four emerging themes are (a) wellness, (b) self-care, (c) impact of illness on life, and (d) religious coping. Family relations, social support, and religious coping affected self-care and how they managed their everyday activities. Knowledge about the disease and its mechanism were crucial to the decision-making process in relation to self-care. Good self-care and appropriate self-management led to wellness and improved quality of life. Religion provided a belief system focusing on the place of acceptance that was essential for coping with emotional stressors.
KW - Chronic kidney disease
KW - Religious coping
KW - Thai population
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U2 - 10.1007/s10943-014-9958-4
DO - 10.1007/s10943-014-9958-4
M3 - Article
C2 - 25300413
SN - 0022-4197
VL - 54
SP - 2198
EP - 2211
JO - Journal of Religion and Health
JF - Journal of Religion and Health
IS - 6
ER -