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Hoping to Maintain a Balance: The Concept of Hope and the Discontinuation of Anorexiant Medications

University of Alberta

Karen B. Farris

Centre for Health Promotion Studies at the University of Alberta

The secondary analysis of transcripts from a study of 9 women who used prescription anorexiant medications described in this article was conducted to discover the role that hope played in the women’s weight-loss initiatives. It was found that hope grew throughout the women’s weight-loss initiative but peaked once the medications were discontinued. Seven components of the concept of hope were described in the context of the women’s weight-loss experiences. Characteristics of hope in women who have discontinued anorexiant medications are different than those associated with hope in other contexts. A unique pattern of hope, hoping to maintain a balance, describes the women’s experiences as they strove to maintain the weight they had lost.

Qualitative Health Research, Vol. 10, No. 2, 174-187 (2000)
DOI: 10.1177/104973200129118354


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