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  • Title: Experiences of widows with children: a qualitative study about spousal death in Iran.
    Author: Khosravan S, Salehi S, Ahmadi F, Sharif F, Zamani A.
    Journal: Nurs Health Sci; 2010 Jun; 12(2):205-11. PubMed ID: 20602693.
    Abstract:
    The experience of the spousal bereavement of widows who are single parents has been largely neglected in the literature. This qualitative study provides insight into how such women grieved over their spouse's death in Iran. In-depth interviews with 24 participants were held and field notes were written. The generated data were analyzed by using the constant comparative method. The results indicated four main categories: "intense grief", "becoming hopeless", "internalizing bereavement and continuing bonds", and "the contexts of experience of spousal death". The fourth category consisted of two subcategories: "the unexpected nature of death" and "full dependence". The findings suggested that hopelessness related to spousal death changed the lifestyles of the participants, which led to health risks in these women. We conclude that it is the duty of health-care professionals, especially nurses, to first identify widows at risk, with the help of the contexts of experience of spousal death and the symptoms presented in this study, and then to provide hope therapy, which can facilitate positive bereavement outcomes for healthier living after spousal death.
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