Duarte Torres Diana Milena, Torres Bolaños Yuri Marcela, Moreno Fergusson María Elisa
Fundación Universitaria Sanitas, Bogotá, Colombia.
University of La Sabana, Chía, Colombia.
Invest Educ Enferm. 2016 Apr;34(1):84-93. doi: 10.17533/udea.iee.v34n1a10.
To describe the meaning given by adolescents and young adults to the changes in their bodies and corporality after a spinal cord injury.
Qualitative study based on symbolic interactionism in which 12 adolescents and young adults, who had suffered spinal cord injury 6 months or more before, participated. The information was recollected through a series of in-depth interviews and field journals. The guidelines proposed by Corbin and Strauss were followed for the process of codification and categorization of the data.
Four categories were identified that describe the meanings given by participants to the changes in their bodies and corporality: Transformation of self-image, living with contradictions in the relationships with others, withstanding the burden of a disability and adapting to the new conditions.
The results allow for the comprehension of the meanings that are given by the people who have suffered a spinal cord lesion to their situation. This will in turn open the possibility of offering these people a better individual nursing care that focuses more on the particular needs, so that both they and their families can be helped on their way to adaptation to the new situation.
描述青少年和青年对脊髓损伤后身体及肉体变化的理解。
基于符号互动主义的定性研究，12名在6个月或更早之前遭受脊髓损伤的青少年和青年参与其中。通过一系列深度访谈和田野日志收集信息。数据编码和分类过程遵循科尔宾和施特劳斯提出的指导方针。
确定了四类，描述了参与者对其身体和肉体变化的理解：自我形象的转变、在与他人关系中面对矛盾生活、承受残疾负担以及适应新状况。
研究结果有助于理解脊髓损伤患者对自身状况的理解。这反过来为为这些患者提供更好的个性化护理开辟了可能性，这种护理更关注特殊需求，从而帮助他们及其家人适应新情况。
