Exploring the contextual transition from spinal cord injury rehabilitation to the home environment: a qualitative study.

ABSTRACT:

Study design

Explorative qualitative study based on an interpretative phenomenological approach.

Objectives

This study explored the possibility of transferring knowledge and skills from a spinal cord injury (SCI) unit to the home environment; the individual and structural factors that potentially influenced this transfer; and its compatibility with a meaningful everyday life.

Setting

Hospital-based rehabilitation unit and community in Denmark.

Methods

Fourteen individuals with SCI were selected with maximum variation according to age, sex, marital status, and level of injury. In-depth, semi-structured interviews were conducted in the participants' homes, 2-10 months after discharge from an SCI unit. Data analysis involved taking an interpretative phenomenologic

SUBMITTER: Weber L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7943422 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature