Body Image of Patients with Parkinson's Disease

Abstract

Aimis study aimed to clarify the body image of patients with Parkinson s disease PD . Method Data were collected from 6 PD patients under nursing care in hospital. All data were analyzed using the Qualitative Synthesis Method KJ method . A er analyzing the data individually for each case, analysis as for which each result united all was conducted.Results According to the results of analysis for which each result united all, the following body images were observed: the body which a coping method established, the body which is hopeless by myself, the body which expected to improve, and the body which perceives life and death by the moment.e results also indicated that PD patients are continuously in uenced by body condition, and they keep transitioning between di erent body images. In addition, they were a ected by the body which continue trial and error and the body which has a relation with the others.Conclusion Particular body images of patients with PD are formed by transitioning between various body images. erefore, nurses caring for patients with PD should understand the mechanism underlying the formation of body images in these patients.