How Wives Prepare for Their Husbands' Loss of Voice after Total Laryngectomy

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  • Sekine Migiwa
    Faculty of Nursing, Bunri University of Hospitality
  • Aohda Tomoko
    Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, Saitama Medical University

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  • 喉頭全摘出後の夫と共に暮らす妻の失声への構え

Abstract

<p>Purpose: To clarify how wives prepare for their husbands’ loss of voice after they undergo a total laryngectomy.</p><p>Methods: A qualitative-descriptive research design was adopted to conduct semi-structured interviews with five wives of men who had undergone a total laryngectomy at least three months prior to the interviews. The study analyzed how these women prepared for the husbands’ loss of voice prior to surgery and classified their responses.</p><p>Results: The results indicate that, prior to surgery, these wives first went through the stages of “understanding and recognizing their husbands’ impending loss of voice” and “preparation for surgery.” They then experienced the conflicting emotions of “unperturbed acceptance of their husbands as they were headed for surgery” and “acceptance of themselves despite anxiety” which are deep feelings of trying to accept the reality of the situation. Thus, the study depicted changes in how the wives, as they experienced these two emotions, prepared themselves for their husbands’ loss of voice.</p><p>Conclusion: A total of nine categories extracted with respect to how wives prepare themselves suggest the importance of observing the couples’ situations by focusing on their bond as husband and wife and providing support so that they can look ahead.</p>

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  • CRID
    1390017843873028736
  • DOI
    10.18906/jjscn.38_17_sekine
  • ISSN
    21897565
    09146423
  • Text Lang
    ja
  • Data Source
    • JaLC
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    Disallowed

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