Title |
Illness experience of adults with cervical spinal cord injury in Japan: a qualitative investigation
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Published in |
BMC Public Health, January 2013
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DOI | 10.1186/1471-2458-13-69 |
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Authors |
Ayako Ide-Okochi, Yoshihiko Yamazaki, Etsuko Tadaka, Kazumi Fujimura, Toshie Kusunaga |
Abstract |
There is growing recognition that healthcare policy should be guided by the illness experience from a layperson's or insider's perspective. One such area for exploration would include patient-centered research on traumatic Spinal Cord Injury (SCI), a condition associated with permanent physical disability requiring long-term and often complex health care. The chronicity of SCI can, in turn, affect individuals' sense of self. Although previous research in Western countries suggests that people with SCI find a way to cope with their disability through social participation and family bonds, the process of adjustment among people with cervical SCI (CSCI) living in Japan may be different because of the restrained conditions of their social participation and the excessive burden on family caregivers. The purpose of this study was to examine the impact of injury and the process of accommodation in people with CSCI in Japan. |
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United States | 1 | 100% |
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Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 1 | 100% |
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Puerto Rico | 1 | 1% |
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Researcher | 14 | 19% |
Student > Master | 11 | 15% |
Student > Bachelor | 8 | 11% |
Student > Ph. D. Student | 7 | 9% |
Student > Doctoral Student | 4 | 5% |
Other | 11 | 15% |
Unknown | 19 | 26% |
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Nursing and Health Professions | 19 | 26% |
Medicine and Dentistry | 9 | 12% |
Social Sciences | 7 | 9% |
Psychology | 5 | 7% |
Engineering | 3 | 4% |
Other | 7 | 9% |
Unknown | 24 | 32% |