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1Department of Psychiatric Nursing, Muğla Sıtkı Koçman University, Muğla, Turkey.
Background:
People with serious mental illness are at high risk for self-neglect. To develop effective intervention strategies, it is important to understand the participant's own needs to overcome self-neglect.
Aim:
This study aimed to create a theoretical framework revealing the structure of self-neglect based on the lived experiences of participants with serious mental illness.
Methods:
The study was based on the constructivist grounded theory approach. Data were collected from 24 participants using a semi-structured interview form and analysed using constant comparative analysis. The study was reported in accordance with the Guideline for Reporting and Evaluating Grounded Theory Research.
Results:
Analysis yielded the core category navigating self-neglect in the context of serious mental illness, representing a dynamic process through which participants experienced a gradual erosion of self-care and agency. The core category interacted with three other categories: being drawn into self-neglect, health problems that turn the wheel of self-neglect, and overcoming self-neglect: the need for balancing and compensatory factors.
Conclusion:
This study provides a theoretical framework of self-neglect of participants with serious mental illness. It can help mental health nurses understand the structure of self-neglect and can facilitate the development of interventions that will prevent self-neglect and compensate for its effects.
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