| dc.description.abstract | Intoduction: The family had important role in caring for their family member with communicable
disease. Objective: This review aimed to identify the adaptation process of the family to
communicable disease diagnosis and map the community health nursing interventions that
promote family adaptation to communicable disease diagnosis. Method: This study was a scoping
review by Arksey and O’Malley on the three databases: SCOPUS, Science Direct, PUBMED and
Grey literature from 2015 up to April 2023. Publications were included if they examined
interventions promoting adaptation towards family in context communicable diseases diagnosis.
The JBI Manual for Evidence Synthesis published guidelines were followed. Results: A total of
21 articles were analyzed. The results of the analysis were organized by themes: the patient's
adaptation to the diagnosis, the family adaptation to the diagnosis and strategies promoting
adaptation to disease treatment. The interventions aimed at patients are focused on strengthening
coping strategies and caring ability of the family. Conclusion: The mapped community health
nursing interventions that promote adaptation to communicable disease diagnosis intend to
patients’ disclosure, enhancing coping strategies, engage to social support, enhancing treatment
adherence, increasing the ability to care and to receive information and to participate in care and
decisions making. | en_US |
