The experiences of older adults living with an appearance altering burn injury: an exploratory qualitative study
Advances in medical treatment mean more older people are living with burn injuries. However, little is known about experiences and support needs of this group. Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis of semi-structured interviews with 10 burn survivors aged 51–71 years identified four themes: time...
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| description | Advances in medical treatment mean more older people are living with burn injuries. However, little is known about experiences and support needs of this group. Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis of semi-structured interviews with 10 burn survivors aged 51–71 years identified four themes: time and adjusting to an altered appearance; living with a visible difference in the eyes of others; me, myself and I; importance of maintaining appearance. Adjusting to burns was a long process. Participants discussed feeling isolated, needing information about how ageing impacts on scars and maintaining a socially acceptable appearance. Implications for care and further research are discussed |
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| spelling | nottingham-417052020-05-04T18:32:32Z https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/41705/ The experiences of older adults living with an appearance altering burn injury: an exploratory qualitative study Jones, Bethany Alice Buchanan, Heather Harcourt, Diana Advances in medical treatment mean more older people are living with burn injuries. However, little is known about experiences and support needs of this group. Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis of semi-structured interviews with 10 burn survivors aged 51–71 years identified four themes: time and adjusting to an altered appearance; living with a visible difference in the eyes of others; me, myself and I; importance of maintaining appearance. Adjusting to burns was a long process. Participants discussed feeling isolated, needing information about how ageing impacts on scars and maintaining a socially acceptable appearance. Implications for care and further research are discussed SAGE publishing 2017-03-01 Article PeerReviewed Jones, Bethany Alice, Buchanan, Heather and Harcourt, Diana (2017) The experiences of older adults living with an appearance altering burn injury: an exploratory qualitative study. Journal of Health Psychology, 22 (3). pp. 364-374. ISSN 1359-1053 http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/1359105315603473 doi:10.1177/1359105315603473 doi:10.1177/1359105315603473 |
| spellingShingle | Jones, Bethany Alice Buchanan, Heather Harcourt, Diana The experiences of older adults living with an appearance altering burn injury: an exploratory qualitative study |
| title | The experiences of older adults living with an appearance altering burn injury: an exploratory qualitative study |
| title_full | The experiences of older adults living with an appearance altering burn injury: an exploratory qualitative study |
| title_fullStr | The experiences of older adults living with an appearance altering burn injury: an exploratory qualitative study |
| title_full_unstemmed | The experiences of older adults living with an appearance altering burn injury: an exploratory qualitative study |
| title_short | The experiences of older adults living with an appearance altering burn injury: an exploratory qualitative study |
| title_sort | experiences of older adults living with an appearance altering burn injury: an exploratory qualitative study |
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