The COVID-19 Pandemic Related Lived Experiences of Individuals With a Spinal Cord Injury/Disease.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

COVID-19 related restrictions and recommendations have impacted everyone. Those living with a disability, such as individuals with a spinal cord injury (SCI), may have had pandemic related changes made yet more challenging by societal failures to accommodate their mobility, physical abilities, and health care needs. To better understand participants experiences we drew upon Heidegger's phenomenology and the mobilities paradigm. The objective of this study was to explore COVID-19 pandemic related lived-experiences of individuals with an SCI.

Materials and methods

This study used an interpretive phenomenological methodology. Semi-structured interviews were the primary means of data collection. These were conducting in May and June of 2020, roughly 2-3 months into

SUBMITTER: Simpson E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9397773 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature