Å være omsorgsgiver til et menneske med hjernesvulst : En metasyntese om pårørendes opplevelse av mestringsfremmende faktorer og strategier

2020

Master's thesis in Clinical health sciences (ME520) Background: Being the next of kin of a person with a brain tumour is a stressful experience. For many it involves fear, insecurity and an overwhelming responsibility, as having to take on a new role and caring tasks. There are qualitative primary studies that have explored which coping factors eases their caregiver tasks, and which strategies they use in their everyday life as caregivers for people with brain tumours, but these have not yet been synthesized. Aim:This metasynthesis aims to identify and synthesize the evidence of which coping factors and strategies next of kin use in their role as caregivers for people with brain tumours. Me…