Som partner til et rygmarvsskadet menneske er man også ramt: Et faenomenologisk-
hermeneutisk studie
Engelsk titel: The experience of being a partner to a spinal injuried person: a phenomenological-hermeneutic
study
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Författare:
Angel, Sanne
;
Buus, Niels
Email: angel@ph.au.dk
Språk: Dan
Antal referenser: 31
Dokumenttyp:
Artikel
UI-nummer: 14103661
Sammanfattning
This qualitative interview study focuses on the personal experiences of partners to a spinal cord
injured person. Using a Ricoeurian phenomenological-hermeneutic approach, we analysed seven
partners' narratives 1 and 2 years after their partner's injury. The study revealed how the injury was
experienced from the partners' perspective through the aftermath. In the acute phase after the injury,
partners also felt harmed, and support was needed in relation to their own daily activities, eating,
resting, and managing distress. During the institutionalized rehabilitation, partners felt torn between
supporting the injured partner and the demanding tasks of everyday life outside the institution. After
discharge, partners struggled for the injured partner to regain a well-functioning everyday life and for
reestablishing life as a couple. The partner struggled to manage the overwhelming amount of
everyday tasks. Some sought to reestablish their usual functions outside the family, whereas others
focused on establishing a new life together. The partners experienced much distress and appreciated
the support they got, but felt that they were mainly left to manage the difficult process on their own.