Battle and Fettle of Chronically Middle-Aged Adults Basis for Eclectic Therapy

This study sought to examine the chronically middle-aged adults’ quality of life in terms of physical, psychological, level of independence, social relationship, environment and spirituality, religion and personal beliefs. It also explored on their feelings and experiences toward the illness. This study used a concurrent triangulation type of mixed method to thoroughly explore the perceptions, difficulties and coping of chronically middle aged adults. WHO Quality of Life was used in quantitative data and interview and observation was utilized for the qualitative part. Percentage, weighted mean and ranking was used to analyse the data. Results show that chronically ill middle-aged need physical assistance, psychological support, and they have ambivalent feelings towards level of independence. On the contrary, they have a satisfying social relationship, secure environment to live, and an enhanced level of spirituality. Experiences of chronically ill middle aged adults arise into different meaning as to loss of control over the body, deprived healthy identity, devalued self, cyclic sadness, period of hopelessness and struggles, impact of uncertainty, support that enhance positivity, spiritual intensification and moving toward self sufficiency. An eclectic therapy is devised to address the specific needs of chronically ill middle-aged adults. Thus, a LIFE therapy as an eclecticism approach is devised based on the result of the study.

Keywords –Battle, Chronic Illness, Eclectic Therapy, Fettle, Middle Aged-Adults