Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference of Health Innovation and Technology (ICHIT 2022)

<Previous Article In Volume
Next Article In Volume>

Lived Experiences of Adolescents with Asthma: Struggle to Maintain Daily Life

Authors
Dewi Elizadiani Suza1, *, Setiawan Setiawan1, Asiah1, Nur Asnah Sitohan1
1Faculty of Nursing, Universitas Sumatera Utara, Medan, Indonesia
*Corresponding author. Email: Elizadiani@hotmail.com
Corresponding Author
Dewi Elizadiani Suza
Available Online 26 June 2023.
DOI
10.2991/978-94-6463-202-6_21How to use a DOI?
Keywords
asthma; adolescence; Indonesia; feelings uncertainty; drug; social interaction; traditional medicine
Abstract

Asthma in adolescence has various special aspects which are generally related to the process of growth and development and are also influenced by their perception of the disease. Objective: To explore lived experiences of adolescents with asthma in Medan, Indonesia. Methods: This was a phenomenological study where a purposive sampling of 12 adolescents living with asthma participated with in-depth interviews. The thematic analysis method was used to analyze the data. Results: Four themes emerged from the study data: 1) fundamental changes in daily life; 2) feelings of uncertainty; 3) tired of taking drugs; and 4) trying various traditional medicine. Conclusion: Adolescents with asthma experience struggle with feelings in life with limited normal activity, interrupted school activities, decreased social interaction with peers, confusion, feeling of discrimination, overwhelmed when bringing medicine to school, repeatedly taking medicine, feeling that they have never recovered.

Copyright
© 2023 The Author(s)
Open Access
Open Access This chapter is licensed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/), which permits any noncommercial use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license and indicate if changes were made.

Download article (PDF)

<Previous Article In Volume
Next Article In Volume>
Volume Title
Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference of Health Innovation and Technology (ICHIT 2022)
Series
Advances in Health Sciences Research
Publication Date
26 June 2023
ISBN
10.2991/978-94-6463-202-6_21
ISSN
2468-5739
DOI
10.2991/978-94-6463-202-6_21How to use a DOI?
Copyright
© 2023 The Author(s)
Open Access
Open Access This chapter is licensed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/), which permits any noncommercial use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license and indicate if changes were made.

Cite this article

risenwbib
TY  - CONF
AU  - Dewi Elizadiani Suza
AU  - Setiawan Setiawan
AU  - Asiah
AU  - Nur Asnah Sitohan
PY  - 2023
DA  - 2023/06/26
TI  - Lived Experiences of Adolescents with Asthma: Struggle to Maintain Daily Life
BT  - Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference of Health Innovation and Technology (ICHIT 2022)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 180
EP  - 195
SN  - 2468-5739
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/978-94-6463-202-6_21
DO  - 10.2991/978-94-6463-202-6_21
ID  - Suza2023
ER  -