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Beyond the body image: A qualitative study on how adults experience lower limb amputation
| dc.contributor.author | Senra, Hugo Renato Carreira Gomes | |
| dc.contributor.author | Oliveira, Rui Aragão Gomes | |
| dc.contributor.author | Leal, Isabel Pereira | |
| dc.contributor.author | Vieira, Cristina | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2012-10-04T19:18:39Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2012-10-04T19:18:39Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2011 | |
| dc.description.abstract | Objective: To explore adults’ experiences of lower limb amputation, focusing on the changes in self-identity related to the impairment. Design: A cross-sectional and qualitative study, using semi-structured interviews. Interviews were transcribed, coded and analysed by two independent researchers. Setting: A rehabilitation medicine service from a general public hospital. Participants: A convenience sample of 42 patients with lower limb amputation performed after the age of 18 and followed up in the physical medicine and rehabilitation department of a general hospital. Main outcome measures: A semi-structured interview, addressing three core areas: the emotional impact of amputation; the adjustment process; and the relation with the external resources. Results: Eight themes emerged from interviews: reactions and feelings about becoming amputee; changes in own life; problems in well-being; relation with the prosthesis; self-perceptions; aims related to the rehabilitation and future plans; relation with the rehabilitation; and perceived social support. These results supported a theoretical model for the self-identity changes related to limb loss. Conclusions: The self-identity changes after a lower limb amputation appear beyond the patient’s body image and functioning, affecting the patient’s awareness of the impairment, biographical self and any future projections. | por |
| dc.identifier.citation | Clinical Rehabilitation, 26 (2), 180-191 | por |
| dc.identifier.issn | 0269-2155 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10400.12/1752 | |
| dc.language.iso | eng | por |
| dc.peerreviewed | yes | por |
| dc.publisher | SAGE Publications | por |
| dc.subject | Amputation | por |
| dc.subject | Lower limb | por |
| dc.subject | Qualitative | por |
| dc.subject | Self-identity | por |
| dc.title | Beyond the body image: A qualitative study on how adults experience lower limb amputation | por |
| dc.type | journal article | |
| dspace.entity.type | Publication | |
| oaire.citation.conferencePlace | United Kingdom | por |
| oaire.citation.endPage | 191 | por |
| oaire.citation.startPage | 180 | por |
| oaire.citation.title | Clinical Rehabilitation | por |
| oaire.citation.volume | 26 | por |
| rcaap.rights | restrictedAccess | por |
| rcaap.type | article | por |