Lewis Christine
Tissue Viability Service, Tissue Viability and Learning Disabilities Unit, West Middlesex University Hospital, Middlesex.
Br J Nurs. 2007;16(11):S22-6. doi: 10.12968/bjon.2007.16.Sup2.23695.
This article presents the results of a previously unexplored aspect of qualitative leg ulcer research. The study has examined the lived experience and cultural illness explanations of a sample of British-Indian patients living with leg and foot ulceration. Semi-structured interviews were used to collect data from 16 Indian patients drawn from leg ulcer clinics and district nursing lists in Ealing Primary Care Trust and Hounslow Primary Care Trust. Eight respondents had venous ulceration, seven were diabetic and had ulcers of arterial aetiology, and one had ulceration due to lymphoedema. Popular perceptions of the cause of leg ulceration were influenced by the humoral theories of balance and imbalance. Other explanations included poor circulation, lowered immunity, bad blood, being cursed and doing something wrong in a past life or this life.
本文介绍了定性腿部溃疡研究中一个此前未被探索的方面的结果。该研究考察了患有腿部和足部溃疡的英裔印度患者样本的生活经历和对疾病的文化解释。采用半结构化访谈从伊灵初级保健信托基金和豪恩斯洛初级保健信托基金的腿部溃疡诊所及地区护理名单中抽取的16名印度患者那里收集数据。8名受访者患有静脉性溃疡，7名患有糖尿病且有动脉病因的溃疡，1名因淋巴水肿而出现溃疡。对腿部溃疡病因的普遍认知受到体液平衡与失衡理论的影响。其他解释包括血液循环不良、免疫力下降、血液不佳、被诅咒以及前世或今生做错了事。
