The transition from children to young people living with home mechanical ventilation.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

This study aimed to examine how young people living with Home Mechanical Ventilation experience the transition from childhood to young adulthood in relation to everyday life, perceived health and transition into adult professional healthcare.

Methods

Nine young adults (three females and six males aged 18-31) were interviewed, and data was primary analysed using phenomenological hermeneutics. In the actual study, data was reworked using secondary analysis as described by Beck. Two interviewees were ventilated invasively and six non-invasively, and one was treated with continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP).

Results

The results are presented in two main categories. First; moving towards adulthood; and second, To handle changes in health and healthcare contac

SUBMITTER: Israelsson-Skogsberg A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11376296 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature