Qualitative Study of Growth Process for People with Spinal Cord Injury

VernacularTitle:脊髓损伤后患者成长历程的质性研究
Author: Haixia XIE ; Yanbo WANG
Publication Type:Journal Article
Keywords: spinal cord injury; adjustment; growth; qualitative study
From: Chinese Journal of Rehabilitation Theory and Practice 2015;(12):1451-1456
CountryChina
Language:Chinese
Abstract: Objective To explore the adjustment and posttraumatic growth of people with spinal cord injury from the community. Meth-ods From January 2013 to May 2015, Semi-structured in-depth interviews were used to interview 12 participants with spinal cord injury from Sunshine Rehibilation Center. Interviews were recorded on audio-tape with participants' permission and then transcribed verbatim. The transcribed interviews were analyzed according to interpretative phenomenological analysis. Results 3 superordinate themes emerged includ-ing struggling in despair, disentangling from the shadow of disability and continuing with life as normal, facing challenge and achieving pos-itive growth. Conclusion It is necessary to explore the process of adjustment and posttraumatic growth of people with spinal cord injury, which contribute to understand their psychological experience, psychological feature, and coping strategies, promote their physical and psy-chological recovery, and provide theory and practice guidance for family and society re-integration.