Safe acceptance in the nurses' cultural care of medical tourists in Iran: a qualitative study.
Culture
Medical tourism
Nursing care
Qualitative research
Safe acceptance
Journal
BMC health services research
ISSN: 1472-6963
Titre abrégé: BMC Health Serv Res
Pays: England
ID NLM: 101088677
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
25 Apr 2023
25 Apr 2023
Historique:
received:
15
09
2022
accepted:
07
04
2023
medline:
27
4
2023
pubmed:
26
4
2023
entrez:
25
4
2023
Statut:
epublish
Résumé
Medical tourism is traveling to another country to promote, restore and maintain health, recreation, and pleasure. There are different types of health tourism, including medical tourism, recovery tourism, and preventive tourism. This study aimed to explain safe acceptance in the nurses' cultural care of medical tourists in Iran. In this qualitative study, 18 semi-structured interviews were conducted with nurses, patients, and patients' relatives, who had been selected by purposeful sampling in 2021-2022. The interviews were recorded, transcribed, and then analyzed by conventional content analysis. The statistical analysis revealed that the main theme of this study was safe acceptance which included the five categories of trust building, safety, maintaining comfort and peace, stress control, and identifying patients' expectations. The present study demonstrated that safe acceptance of cultural care was essential to medical tourism. Iranian nurses were aware of the factors that affected cultural care and the safe acceptance of medical tourists. Moreover, they carried out the necessary measures to achieve safe acceptance. In this regard, solutions such as developing a comprehensive and mandatory national qualification program and evaluating its periodic performance in this field are suggested.
Sections du résumé
BACKGROUND
BACKGROUND
Medical tourism is traveling to another country to promote, restore and maintain health, recreation, and pleasure. There are different types of health tourism, including medical tourism, recovery tourism, and preventive tourism. This study aimed to explain safe acceptance in the nurses' cultural care of medical tourists in Iran.
METHODS
METHODS
In this qualitative study, 18 semi-structured interviews were conducted with nurses, patients, and patients' relatives, who had been selected by purposeful sampling in 2021-2022. The interviews were recorded, transcribed, and then analyzed by conventional content analysis.
RESULTS
RESULTS
The statistical analysis revealed that the main theme of this study was safe acceptance which included the five categories of trust building, safety, maintaining comfort and peace, stress control, and identifying patients' expectations.
CONCLUSIONS
CONCLUSIONS
The present study demonstrated that safe acceptance of cultural care was essential to medical tourism. Iranian nurses were aware of the factors that affected cultural care and the safe acceptance of medical tourists. Moreover, they carried out the necessary measures to achieve safe acceptance. In this regard, solutions such as developing a comprehensive and mandatory national qualification program and evaluating its periodic performance in this field are suggested.
Identifiants
pubmed: 37098493
doi: 10.1186/s12913-023-09378-8
pii: 10.1186/s12913-023-09378-8
pmc: PMC10127161
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
399Informations de copyright
© 2023. The Author(s).
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