Long-term psychological consequences of symptomatic pulmonary embolism: a qualitative study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To explore the psychological consequences of experiencing symptomatic pulmonary embolism (PE).

Design

Qualitative interview-based study using interpretative phenomenological analysis.

Setting

Outpatients who attended an anticoagulation clinic in a district general hospital.

Participants

Patients attending an anticoagulation clinic following hospital admission for symptomatic PE were approached to participate. A total of 9 (4 women, 5 men) of 11 patients approached agreed to be interviewed. Participants were aged between 26 and 72 years and had previously experienced a PE between 9 and 60 months (median=26 months, mean=24 months).

Intervention

Audiotaped semistructured qualitative interviews were undertaken to explore participants experiences of

SUBMITTER: Noble S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3987719 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature