RT Article
T1 Wellness and Religious Coping Among Thai Individuals Living with Chronic Kidney Disease in Southern California
JF Journal of religion and health
VO 54
IS 6
SP 2198
OP 2211
A1 Chatrung, Chutikarn
A1 Sorajjakool, Siroj 1959-
A2 Amnatsatsue, Kwanjai
LA English
PB Springer Science + Business Media B. V.
YR 2015
UL https://www.ixtheo.de/Record/1566081645
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.
K1 Religious Coping
K1 Chronic kidney disease
K1 Thai population
DO 10.1007/s10943-014-9958-4