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Western Journal of Nursing Research, Vol. 16, No. 3, 288-300 (1994)
DOI: 10.1177/019394599401600305

Descriptions of Wellness by Individuals with Schizophrenia

Edna K. Hamera

School of Nursing, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, KS 66160-7502

Leonie Pallikkathayil

School of Nursing, University of Kansas

Susan Bauer

Great Bend Children's Clinic, KS

Michael R. Burton

School of Nursing, Loma Linda University, CA

A major challenge in the rehabilitation of individuals with schizophrenia is to establish a system of monitoring disease status so interventions can be instituted to prevent disease exacerbation and to promote healthier functioning. Monitoring illness status has primarily focused on indicators of illness. The aim of the present study was to determine what individuals with schizophrenia described as evidence ofwellness to generate descriptors for a wellness questionnaire. Twenty participants diagnosed with schizophrenia and living in a community setting were interviewedabout their descriptors ofwellness. Coding of transcriptions of the interviews yielded two major categories of wellness: Statements related to the reduction or absence of troublesome (illness) indicators and statements related to the presence of helpful or positive (wellness) indicators. Three subcategories, thoughts, feelings, and actions or behaviors emerged under both major categories. The majority of wellness descriptionsfocused on the presence ofwellness and were actions or behaviors.


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