Picture This: Exploring the Lived Experience of High-Functioning Stroke Survivors Using Photovoice.
Qual Health Res
; 26(8): 1055-66, 2016 07.
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| ID: mdl-27194645
ABSTRACT
An increasing number of high-functioning stroke survivors are present with minimal functional impairments and are often discharged with reduced access to community reintegration. Our objectives were to explore the lived experience of high-functioning stroke survivors and to identify gaps in community and rehabilitation services. Photovoice was used with five high-functioning stroke survivors to photo-document their experiences. A modified inductive thematic analysis was used, and meanings behind the photographs were elicited through four focus group sessions followed by photography exhibitions. Five themes emerged lack of understanding and consideration for persons with disability, emotional and behavioral impacts after stroke, self-reliance and dependence on others, importance of appropriate and accessible services, and financial determinants of quality of life. By including service users' voices; investing in adapted, community-based programs; and providing educational programs for creating attitudinal change among service providers, the polarization between who can and cannot access services will be reduced.
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Qualidade de Vida
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Fotografação
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Acidente Vascular Cerebral
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Qualitative_research
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Humans
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2016
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Article