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Adult nursing
Patient-centered perspectives in diabetic retinopathy care: phenomenology and practice
  1. Rajiv Raman1,
  2. Shuba Kumar2
  1. 1 Department of Ophthalmology, Shri Bhagwan Mahavir Vitreoretinal Services, Chennai, India
  2. 2 SAMARTH, Mylapore, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, Chennai, India
  1. Correspondence to Dr Rajiv Raman, Department of Ophthalmology, Shri Bhagwan Mahavir Vitreoretinal Services, Chennai, 600 006, India; rajivpgraman{at}gmail.com

https://doi.org/10.1136/ebnurs-2023-103742

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    Commentary on: Zhang M, Zhang C, Chen C, et al. The experience of diabetic retinopathy patients during hospital-to-home full-cycle care: a qualitative study. BMC Nurs. 2023 Mar 3;22(1):58. doi: 10.1186/s12912-023-01206-y.

    Implications for practice and research

    • Consideration of patients' life experiences, which aids in examining their feelings and patient’ experiences.

    • Future research should further investigate the phenomenological approach in diverse healthcare contexts.

    Context

    The transition from hospital to home treatment for patients with diabetic retinopathy (DR) is the subject of a study by Zhang and colleagues. The authors attempt to comprehend the substance of this phenomenon a shift towards patient-centric healthcare research by using a phenomenological method.1 Such first-hand experiences may help to close the gap between patient demands and medical …

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    • Competing interests None declared.

    • Provenance and peer review Commissioned; internally peer reviewed.