A Longitudinal Qualitative Analysis of the Lived Experience of the Recovery Process in Opioid-Dependent Patients Post-Detoxification

2018 ◽  
Vol 50 (3) ◽  
pp. 231-239
Author(s):  
J. H. Ivers ◽  
F. Larkan ◽  
J. Barry
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Analysis ◽  
Lived Experience ◽  
Recovery Process

scholarly journals Affairs of the heart: patients’ personal constructions of a cardiac event and their effect on lifestyle change

Curationis ◽  
2001 ◽  
Vol 24 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
EC McKibbin ◽  
KG Wilson
Keyword(s):  
Grounded Theory ◽  
Lived Experience ◽  
Cardiac Event ◽  
Goodness Of Fit ◽  
Medical Profession ◽  
Recovery Process ◽  
Lifestyle Changes ◽  
Blood Cholesterol ◽  
Personal Construct ◽  
Central Feature

The issue of why people do not always make appropriate lifestyle changes in response to a cardiac event has and continues to be of central importance to health practitioners. This paper addresses this issue from the perspective of the lived experience of persons who have suffered an acute myocardial infarction (AMI). The experiences of 10 persons admitted to the coronary care unit (CCU) of a South African clinic were richly described, making use of the grounded theory methodology. These descriptions were then used as a basis for the development of a contextualist theory of the experience of heart attacks. A central feature of the results was that the disease was mainly attributed to stress by the participants. This was in contrast to the explanations offered by the medical profession, who attribute this more to other modifiable risk factors such as smoking, high blood cholesterol, high blood pressure, and lack of exercise. This tension between lay and professional constructions of the aetiology of the condition is deemed to be of import in the recovery process. The paper further alludes to the goodness of fit which exists between the proposed grounded theory and the personal construct theory of George Kelly. The importance of personal constructions of the event is then used as the basis for a proposed intervention process aimed at addressing the difficulties AMI patients’ experience in making and sustaining lifestyle changes.

Recovery-oriented support work: the perspective of people with lived experience

2019 ◽  
Vol 14 (6) ◽  
pp. 457-468
Author(s):  
Dagmar Narusson ◽  
Jean Pierre Wilken
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Lived Experience ◽  
Health Care Services ◽  
Recovery Process ◽  
Structured Interview ◽  
Personal Recovery ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Care Services ◽  
Mental Health Difficulties ◽  
Support Work

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to focus on individuals who experience mental health difficulties with the services they receive from “support workers” as part of a personal recovery model, this study will obtain individuals reflections, experiences and opinions on how support helps them stay well and facilitates their personal recovery process. Recovery is seen through the lens of the CHIME framework (Connectedness–Hope–Identity–Meaning–Empowerment). Design/methodology/approach The sample size included 13 people who experience mental health difficulties and are receiving support from mental health care services. The structured interview was designed based on the INSPIRE measurement and the CHIME framework structure. The qualitative content analyses, discursive framing approach and CHIME as a framework made it possible to examine the key activities of recovery-oriented support work revealed in the data. Findings Participants valued the enhancement of hope provided by support workers and also expressed it was important as they were non-judgemental. Identity and meaning in recovery could be enhanced by sharing powerful stories about the individuals’ own life and health experiences, and those of support workers or others. Inclusive behaviour in public spaces and trying out new interest-based activities together were considered as empowering. Originality/value This research helps to understand the value of personal recovery support activities given the societal changes (tension between survival vs self-expression values) and highlights the need for value-based recovery-oriented education and practice.

Recovering With Acquired Apraxia of Speech: The First 2 Years

2016 ◽  
Vol 25 (4S) ◽  
Author(s):  
Katarina L. Haley ◽  
Jennifer N. Shafer ◽  
Tyson G. Harmon ◽  
Adam Jacks
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Analysis ◽  
Lived Experience ◽  
Sound Production ◽  
Speech Sound ◽  
Cognitive Effort ◽  
Speaking Rate ◽  
Apraxia Of Speech ◽  
Dynamic Relationship ◽  
Speech Features ◽  
The Relationship

Purpose This study was intended to document speech recovery for 1 person with acquired apraxia of speech quantitatively and on the basis of her lived experience. Method The second author sustained a traumatic brain injury that resulted in acquired apraxia of speech. Over a 2-year period, she documented her recovery through 22 video-recorded monologues. We analyzed these monologues using a combination of auditory perceptual, acoustic, and qualitative methods. Results Recovery was evident for all quantitative variables examined. For speech sound production, the recovery was most prominent during the first 3 months, but slower improvement was evident for many months. Measures of speaking rate, fluency, and prosody changed more gradually throughout the entire period. A qualitative analysis of topics addressed in the monologues was consistent with the quantitative speech recovery and indicated a subjective dynamic relationship between accuracy and rate, an observation that several factors made speech sound production variable, and a persisting need for cognitive effort while speaking. Conclusions Speech features improved over an extended time, but the recovery trajectories differed, indicating dynamic reorganization of the underlying speech production system. The relationship among speech dimensions should be examined in other cases and in population samples. The combination of quantitative and qualitative analysis methods offers advantages for understanding clinically relevant aspects of recovery.

Qualitative Analysis of the Lived Experience of First-Time Nurse Responders in Disaster

2016 ◽  
Vol 47 (2) ◽  
pp. 61-71 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sallie J. Shipman ◽  
Marietta P. Stanton ◽  
Stephen Tomlinson ◽  
Linda Olivet ◽  
Ann Graves ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Analysis ◽  
Lived Experience ◽  
First Time

scholarly journals What women want: a qualitative analysis of women’s motivation to pursue surgical careers

2021 ◽  
Vol 20 (2) ◽  
pp. 32-39
Author(s):  
Stephanie Atkinson
Keyword(s):  
Medical Students ◽  
Qualitative Analysis ◽  
Qualitative Methods ◽  
Lived Experience ◽  
Factors Influencing ◽  
Memorial University Of Newfoundland ◽  
Unconventional Methods

Objective:  This study was undertaken to explore what motivates women to pursue surgical careers.   Design:  Qualitative methods were employed in this interview-based study.  Interviews were recorded, manually anonymized and transcribed, and thematized using NVivo software.   Setting:  This study was conducted at Memorial University of Newfoundland in Canada.    Participants:  Recruitment for this study via email requested volunteers who identified as women and were medical students considering a career in surgery. Recruitment continued until data was saturated.  A total of 8 participants volunteered and were included.   Results: This study revealed five themes associated with women's motivation to pursue surgical careers; mentorship, inherent aspirations, lived experience, and proof of capability, preconceived ideals.  The commonest theme was mentorship.  The women who participated in this study employed unconventional methods when seeking mentorship, some of which are unique to this work.    Conclusions:  The most prevalent factors influencing women's motivation to pursue surgical careers are mentorship, inherent aspirations, participants' lived experience, a desire to prove their capability, and their preconceived ideals about surgery.  All factors were deeply influential over one another.  A greater understanding of these factors may help future researchers and educators create a more fulfilling career for women in surgery. 

scholarly journals Lived experience research as a resource for recovery: a mixed methods study

2020 ◽  
Vol 20 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Anne Honey ◽  
Katherine M. Boydell ◽  
Francesca Coniglio ◽  
Trang Thuy Do ◽  
Leonie Dunn ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Mixed Methods ◽  
Lived Experience ◽  
Recovery Process ◽  
Health Issues ◽  
Mental Health Issues ◽  
Traditional Research ◽  
Quasi Experimental ◽  
User Friendly ◽  
Research Resources

Abstract Background Lived experience research is conducted by people who have experience of mental health issues and is therefore better placed than more traditional research to illuminate participants’ experiences. Findings that focus on identifying enablers of recovery from a lived experience perspective have the potential to assist people in their recovery process. However, this lived experience research is often difficult to find, access and interpret. We co-produced user-friendly and engaging resources to disseminate findings from six lived experience research studies. This paper seeks to answer the research questions: a) Did exposure to lived experience research increase hopefulness for participants?; and b) How else did interacting with lived experience research resources influence participants’ lives? Methods Thirty-eight participants were introduced to four resources of their choosing by peer workers over a four-week period. The helpfulness of resources was evaluated using mixed methods, including a quasi-experimental analysis of change in hope, an anonymous survey and in-depth interviews. Results Findings indicated that the resources promoted hope, but that increases in hopefulness may not be seen immediately. Other impacts include that the resources: encouraged helpful activities; provided a positive experience; increased valued knowledge; encouraged people to reflect on their journey and think constructively about mental health issues; helped people to feel less alone; and assisted people to explain their situation to others. Conclusions The research suggests the potential usefulness of lived experience research resources, presented in user-friendly formats, in the lives of people who experience mental health issues and implies a need to nurture this type of research.

scholarly journals Poetic Inquiry: A Fierce, Tender, and Mischievous Relationship with Lived Experience

2015 ◽  
Vol 17 (3) ◽  
pp. 152 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sean Wiebe
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Analysis ◽  
Lived Experience ◽  
Poetic Inquiry ◽  
The World

Common to poetic inquirers is a sensitivity to the ways traditional qualitative analysis can systematize and simplify, oftentimes generating theories and practices that are out of kilter with our intuitive experience of being in the world. In this paper I look at how the richness of lived experience can be sustained in poetic inquiry,  and in so doing, offer the terms fierce, tender, and mischievous as qualities of engagement that are often exemplified in the ways poetic inquirers live and work.

Husserl’s epoche and the way of the sword: exploring pathways into phenomenological inquiry

2019 ◽  
Vol 19 (4) ◽  
pp. 391-402
Author(s):  
Bradley Edward Roberts
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Analysis ◽  
Lived Experience ◽  
Critical Incident ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Continental Philosophy ◽  
Phenomenological Approach ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Phenomenological Inquiry ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Nuanced Understanding

Purpose Phenomenology is widely recognised for its power to generate nuanced understanding of lived experience and human existence. However, phenomenology is often made inaccessible to prospective researchers due to its specialised nomenclature and dense philosophical underpinnings. This paper explores the value of the researcher’s lived experience as a pathway into phenomenological inquiry. The purpose of this paper is to improve the accessibility of phenomenology as a method for qualitative analysis. It achieves this by aligning Husserl’s concept of phenomenological epoche, or bracketing of preconceptions, and the author’s lived experience as a practitioner of kendo, or Japanese fencing. Design/methodology/approach The paper employs the narrative vignette as a means of illuminating the intersections between kendo practice and the application of phenomenological epoche as it applies to the understanding of embodied sensemaking. Reflections on the narrative vignette identified a suite of techniques from kendo practice that were applied to a phenomenological approach for critical incident interviews. These techniques were then applied to 30 critical incident, semi-structured interviews as part of a PhD research project into embodied sensemaking. Findings The results from these interviews suggest that the kendo-derived techniques were effective in generating thick narratives from participants during semi-structured interviews. Examination of the results provided insights into the linkage between phenomenology as a continental philosophy and eastern perspectives such as those found within the Zen traditions and other aesthetic practices. Originality/value This research suggests that lived experience such as kendo practice can provide a ready-to-hand pathway to phenomenological inquiry.

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