获得性脑损伤中的孤独;对生活经验的定性探索
Orla Duffy1, Katy Pedlow1, Jacqueline Pogue2
1School of Health Sciences, Ulster University, Magee Campus, Derry, UK.
Brain injury
|March 31, 2025
概括
孤独在获得脑损伤 (ABI) 后显著影响成年人,经历不同但普遍感受到. 了解这些独特的挑战是为ABI患者提供有效支持的关键.
科学领域:
- 神经科学是一个神经科学.
- 心理学 心理学 心理学
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
背景情况:
- 孤独是英国和北爱尔兰的主要公共卫生问题.
- 获得性脑损伤 (ABI) 通常会导致功能严重丧失,严重影响社会福祉,增加孤独感.
研究的目的:
- 探索经历过的经验和孤独的意义,在获得脑损伤后的成年人.
- 确定影响ABI后人群孤独的因素.
主要方法:
- 一项定性研究,涉及三个重点小组和四个个人访谈.
- 半结构面试是在线进行并记录的.
- 23名成年人 (2-24年ABI后) 参与了研究,数据使用框架分析进行了主题分析.
主要成果:
- 孤独对ABI后的个人有不同的含义,但它是一个常见的经历现象.
- 出现了四个主要主题:"没有太阳的黑洞" (定义),"缺少的一块" (障碍),"我成了可怜的老" (身份),和"我们自己的类型" (应对).
- 副主题提供了对ABI后孤独的多面性质的更深入的见解.
结论:
- 处理ABI后的孤独是复杂的,需要多因素的方法.
- 早期识别和临床团队的支持对于患有ABI的人来说至关重要.
- 这项研究强调了将生活经验纳入ABI后孤独的支持机制的重要性.
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