Demans Hastalarının Bakım Verenlerinin Sosyal Medya Kullanımı

Year 2026, Volume: 9 Issue: 2, 276 - 283, 25.03.2026

Yeliz Sürme , Eda Albayrak Günday , Handan Topan

https://doi.org/10.38108/ouhcd.1472294

https://izlik.org/JA75CS52YU

Abstract

Amaç: Bu çalışma, Ocak ve Şubat 2022 tarihleri arasında Facebook gruplarındaki paylaşımları analiz ederek Alzheimer hastalığı ve ilişkili demans hastalarının bakım verenlerinin en sık karşılaştığı sorunları ortaya çıkarmak amacıyla yürütülmüştür.
Yöntem: Facebook gruplarında katılımcıların paylaşımları "Alzheimer", "Demans", "Alzheimer hastasının bakımı", "Demans hastasının bakımı" anahtar sözcükleri ile taranmıştır. Facebook'un dokuz grup hesabında 24.912 kullanıcısı ve 50.107 paylaşımı bulunmaktadır. Facebook gruplarındaki paylaşımlar belirlendikten sonra paylaşımların modifiye tematik analizi açık ve eksenel kodlama yöntemleri kullanılarak yapılmıştır.
Bulgular: Tematik analize göre paylaşımların %45,4'ü bilgi istemek, %32,0'ı çaresizlik, %22.6'sı destek aramak ve destek sağlamak için yazılmıştır. Sonuç olarak paylaşımlar deneyimleri paylaşmak, benzer deneyimleri yaşayan diğerlerinden destek almak/vermek ve yardım etmek için bir fırsat olmuştur.
Sonuç: Bu çalışmaya göre, Facebook grupları demanslı hastaların bakıcıları tarafından en çok bilgi arama, umutsuzluk, destek arama ve destek verme amacıyla kullanılmaktadır. İnsanların bu paylaşımları deneyimlerini paylaşma, destek alma ve sunma ve benzer şeyler yaşamış olanlardan yardım isteme yolu olarak kullandıkları tespit edilmiştir.

Keywords

Hemşirelik , hasta bakımı , Alzheimer/Demans hastası

Social Media Use of Caregivers of Dementia Patients

https://izlik.org/JA75CS52YU

Abstract

Objective: This study was carried out to reveal the most common problems of caregivers of Alzheimer's disease and related Dementia patients by analyzing the posts in Facebook groups between January and February 2022.
Methods: In the Facebook groups, the posts of the participants were scanned with the keywords "Alzheimer", "Dementia", "care of the patient with Alzheimer "care of the patient with Dementia". Facebook has 24.912 users and 50.107 posts in nine group accounts. After the posts in the Facebook groups were determined, the modified thematic analysis of the posts was made using open and axial coding methods.
Results: According to the thematic analysis, 45.4% of the posts were written to ask for information, 32.0% to to express helplessness, 22.6 % to seek and provide support. As a result, the posts were an opportunity to share experiences, to receive/give support and help from others with similar experiences.
Conclusions: According to this study, Facebook groups are most commonly used by caregivers of patients with dementia for information seeking, dejection, support seeking, and support giving. It has been established that people use the posts as a way to exchange experiences, get and offer support, and ask for assistance from others who have gone through similar things.
Keywords: Nursing, patient care, patient with alzheimer/dementia

Keywords

Nursing , patient with Alzheimer/Dementia , patient care

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