2022 Volume 17 Pages 16-28
The present study aimed to obtain an insight into nursing practices supporting the outpatients who have undergone hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT), by describing the sense of bodily strangeness among patients who visit a hospital as an outpatient after undergoing HSCT.
The study conducted semi-structured interviews were held with 9 participants, and the obtained data were analyzed using the descriptive and phenomenological approach of Giorgi.
As a result, we revealed the following concerning the sense of bodily strangeness the following. Skin:“It seems that there are others in me”, sense of taste：“strangely, the taste becomes sensitive”, digestive organ:“sudden vomiting of unknown cause”, strength：“Didn't I have this much muscle?”, physical condition：“something is winding in a place other than the dimension of being careful by yourself”.
The results of this study suggest that patients performed life control assessing physical condition based on the sense of bodily strangeness, avoiding and receiving the sense. The nurses should support patients to pay attention one’s sense, receive the sense of bodily strangeness as sign of physical condition and associate the sign with life control.
