Turner de Sales, Cox Helen
School of Nursing, Faculty of Health and Behavioural Sciences, Deakin University, 221 Burwood Highway, Burwood 3125, Victoria, Australia.
Health Qual Life Outcomes. 2004 Jul 13;2:34. doi: 10.1186/1477-7525-2-34.
Whilst negative responses to traumatic injury have been well documented in the literature, there is a small but growing body of work that identifies posttraumatic growth as a salient feature of this experience. We contribute to this discourse by reporting on the experiences of 13 individuals who were traumatically injured, had undergone extensive rehabilitation and were discharged from formal care. All participants were injured through involvement in a motor vehicle accident, with the exception of one, who was injured through falling off the roof of a house.
In this qualitative study, we used an audio-taped in-depth interview with each participant as the means of data collection. Interviews were transcribed verbatim and analysed thematically to determine the participants' unique perspectives on the experience of recovery from traumatic injury. In reporting the findings, all participants' were given a pseudonym to assure their anonymity.
Most participants indicated that their involvement in a traumatic occurrence was a springboard for growth that enabled them to develop new perspectives on life and living.
There are a number of contributions that health providers may make to the recovery of individuals who have been traumatically injured to assist them to develop new views of vulnerability and strength, make changes in relationships, and facilitate philosophical, physical and spiritual growth.
虽然文献中对创伤性损伤的负面反应已有充分记载,但仍有一小部分且数量在不断增加的研究工作将创伤后成长视为这一经历的一个显著特征。我们通过报告13名遭受创伤性损伤、接受了广泛康复治疗并已从正规护理机构出院的个体的经历,为这一论述做出贡献。除一人因从房屋屋顶坠落受伤外,所有参与者均因机动车事故受伤。
在这项定性研究中,我们通过对每位参与者进行录音深度访谈来收集数据。访谈内容逐字转录,并进行主题分析,以确定参与者对创伤性损伤恢复经历的独特观点。在报告研究结果时,为所有参与者都取了化名以确保其匿名性。
大多数参与者表示,他们经历创伤事件成为了成长的跳板,使他们能够对生活和人生形成新的看法。
医疗服务提供者可以做出多项贡献,以帮助遭受创伤性损伤的个体康复,协助他们形成关于脆弱与力量的新观点、改变人际关系,并促进其在哲学、身体和精神方面的成长。