Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Reviews Review Faculty Publications- Reviews Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource A meta-ethnographic synthesis of lived experience of spouse caregivers in chronic illness Subject The topic of the resource family caregiving; health; Qualitative synthesis; social work practice Description An account of the resource Social workers routinely work with chronically ill, providing support for long term care. Several qualitative studies describe the experiences of the person and carer in a chronic illness. There is a limited synthesis of these experiences to aid practice. The current review aims to present a synthesis of the experiences of the spouses of chronically ill persons reported in the literature. A comprehensive search of electronic databases was done, and the studies were selected using PRISMA guidelines. The selected studies were subjected to quality check using CASP guidelines and a score was assigned to each of those studies. Later, qualitative synthesis of the results of the selected studies was done using the principles of meta-ethnography. 2407 studies published between 19992019 were identified and 22 studies were included in the final synthesis. The number of participants in the studies reviewed was 309, with more representation of females. The reciprocal synthesis of these studies identified loss, change, caregiving and exhaustion, barriers in providing care, illness experience, coping, socio-cultural norms and support as common themes from the accounts of the participants. Continuity of change was identified as the core concept in the lived experience of the spouses of chronically ill persons. Illness, loss and Lived experience is proposed as a model of the lived experience of the spouses. Through this synthesis, the factors influencing the lived experience of spouse caregivers is understood, which can help social work professionals in the health sector in planning interventions for the spouses of chronically ill persons. The Author(s) 2021. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Warrier M.G.; Sadasivan A.; Balasubramaian B.; Nair M.G.; Nashi S.; Vengalil S.; Nalini A.; Thomas P.T. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Qualitative Social Work, Vol-21, No. 2, pp. 431-454. Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available SAGE Publications Inc. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2022-01-01 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context <a href="https://doi.org/10.1177/1473325021999706" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://doi.org/10.1177/1473325021999706</a> <br /><br /><a href="https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85102696883&amp;doi=10.1177%2F1473325021999706&amp;partnerID=40&amp;md5=84a9425444641a145b819827740753a0" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85102696883&amp;doi=10.1177%2f1473325021999706&amp;partnerID=40&amp;md5=84a9425444641a145b819827740753a0</a> Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Restricted Access Relation A related resource ISSN: 14733250 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Online Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Review Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Warrier M.G., Department of Psychology, CHRIST (Deemed to be University), Bangalore, India; Sadasivan A., Department of Psychiatric Social Work, NIMHANS, Bangalore, India; Balasubramaian B., Department of Psychiatric Social Work, NIMHANS, Bangalore, India; Nair M.G., Department of Psychiatric Social Work, NIMHANS, Bangalore, India; Nashi S., Department of Neurology, NIMHANS, Bangalore, India; Vengalil S., Department of Neurology, NIMHANS, Bangalore, India; Nalini A., Department of Neurology, NIMHANS, Bangalore, India; Thomas P.T., Department of Psychiatric Social Work, NIMHANS, Bangalore, India