Understanding the needs of family caregivers of stroke patients with disabilities: A phenomenological study using the timing it right theory

Miaozhen Wang; Ke Wang; Bin Xie; Dan Liu; Lingling Song; Xing Cao; Yunhui Tong; Chenting Liu; Hongyu Fu; You Zhou; Qinqin Chen; Yan Zhu; Ling Zhu; Fangqun Cheng

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0325671

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Understanding the needs of family caregivers of stroke patients with disabilities: A phenomenological study using the timing it right theory

Miaozhen Wang,

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Software, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Nursing, Xiangtan Central Hospital, Xiangtan, China
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Ke Wang,

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Nursing, Xiangtan Central Hospital, Xiangtan, China
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Bin Xie,

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology

Affiliation Department of Nursing, Xiangtan Central Hospital, Xiangtan, China
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Dan Liu,

Roles Methodology, Resources

Affiliation Xiangtan Medicine & Health Vocational College, Xiangtan, China
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Lingling Song,

Roles Data curation, Investigation, Methodology

Affiliation Department of Nursing, Xiangtan Central Hospital, Xiangtan, China
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Xing Cao,

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Investigation, Methodology

Affiliation Department of Nursing, Xiangtan Central Hospital, Xiangtan, China
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Yunhui Tong,

Roles Data curation, Investigation, Methodology

Affiliation Department of Nursing, Xiangtan Central Hospital, Xiangtan, China
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Chenting Liu,

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Methodology

Affiliation Department of Nursing, Xiangtan Central Hospital, Xiangtan, China
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Hongyu Fu,

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Investigation

Affiliation Department of Nursing, Xiangtan Central Hospital, Xiangtan, China
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You Zhou,

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Methodology

Affiliation Department of Nursing, Xiangtan Central Hospital, Xiangtan, China
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Qinqin Chen,

Roles Data curation, Methodology

Affiliation Publicity Department, Xiangtan Central Hospital, Xiangtan, China
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Yan Zhu,

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation

Affiliation Department of Neurology, Xiangtan Central Hospital, Xiangtan, China
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Ling Zhu,

Roles Data curation, Investigation

Affiliation Department of Neurology, Xiangtan Central Hospital, Xiangtan, China
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Fangqun Cheng

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: 445935584@qq.com

Affiliation Department of Nursing, Xiangtan Central Hospital, Xiangtan, China

https://orcid.org/0009-0002-9192-9052

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Understanding the needs of family caregivers of stroke patients with disabilities: A phenomenological study using the timing it right theory

Miaozhen Wang,
Ke Wang,
Bin Xie,
Dan Liu,
Lingling Song,
Xing Cao,
Yunhui Tong,
Chenting Liu,
Hongyu Fu,
You Zhou

Published: June 11, 2025
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0325671

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