Organ Transplant Recipients' Experiences of Physical Activity: Health, Self-Care, and Transliminality
| Autor: | Nicola Clarke, Cassandra Phoenix, Gareth Wiltshire, Carl Bescoby |
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| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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Gerontology
medicine.medical_specialty self-management interviews media_common.quotation_subject physical activity Context (language use) 030230 surgery Organ transplantation 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Survivorship curve Gratitude medicine Humans 030212 general & internal medicine Duty Research Articles media_common Interpretative phenomenological analysis Health management system exercise organ transplantation Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health health Tissue Donors Transplant Recipients Transplantation Self Care international qualitative phenomenology Psychology |
| Zdroj: | Qualitative Health Research Qualitative health research, 2020, Vol.31(2), pp.385-398 [Peer Reviewed Journal] |
| ISSN: | 1049-7323 |
| Popis: | Physical activity (PA) is an important lifestyle component of long-term health management for organ transplant recipients, yet little is known about recipients’ experiences of PA. The purpose of this study was to shed light on this experience and to investigate the possible implications of PA in the context of what is a complex patient journey. Phenomenological analysis was used to examine interviews with 13 organ transplant recipients who had taken part in sporting opportunities posttransplantation. Findings illuminate how participants’ experiences of PA were commonly shaped by the transliminal nature of being an organ transplant recipient as well as a sense of duty to enact health, self-care, and donor-directed gratitude. This analysis underlines the potential role of PA in supporting organ transplant recipients’ attempts to live well following transplantation and makes novel connections between PA and our existing knowledge about challenges related to identity, survivorship, obligation, and patient empowerment. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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