The Family s Role in Assisting Hypercholesterolemia Individuals to Controlling Serum Cholesterol Level

Introduction High serum cholesterol level increases the risk of stroke and coronary heart diseases. Family has an important role to maintain and to reach a normal cholesterol level in the blood. The aim of this research was to explore the role of family in monitoring and maintaining serum cholesterol level among hypercholesterolemia individuals. Methods Seven participants were involved in this study that determined based on saturated data. Sampling procedure used snowball sampling method. Data was collected by interview, participant observation, documentation study, and literature review. Data analysis was done with thematic analysis steps. Results The research results showed three themes. First, family role in controlling cholesterol level was memorized the routine check. Second, family had a role to limit the intake of high cholesterol food. Third, family could join the individuals to participate in exercise. Conclusions This study provided information about family’s role in controlling hypercholesterolemia individual’s serum cholesterol level. It also provided addition of knowledge to nurses in the care of individuals with hypercholesterolemia. This research confirmed that family’s role in assisting hypercholesterolemia individuals is very important to increase the health level among community in developing countries.