Wiltshire Gareth, Clarke Nicola J, Phoenix Cassandra, Bescoby Carl
Loughborough University, Loughborough, United Kingdom.
Leeds Beckett University, Leeds, United Kingdom.
Qual Health Res. 2021 Jan;31(2):385-398. doi: 10.1177/1049732320967915. Epub 2020 Oct 30.
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.
体育活动（PA）是器官移植受者长期健康管理的重要生活方式组成部分，但对于受者的体育活动体验却知之甚少。本研究的目的是阐明这种体验，并在复杂的患者历程背景下调查体育活动可能产生的影响。采用现象学分析方法，对13名器官移植受者进行访谈，这些受者在移植后参加了体育活动。研究结果揭示了参与者的体育活动体验通常是如何受到作为器官移植受者的阈限性质以及践行健康、自我护理和对捐赠者感恩的责任感所塑造的。该分析强调了体育活动在支持器官移植受者移植后努力过上美好生活方面的潜在作用，并在体育活动与我们现有关于身份认同、生存、义务和患者赋权相关挑战的知识之间建立了新的联系。
