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A Qualitative Study to Understand the Impact of Caring for Traumatic Injury Survivors
Background: Following traumatic injury, an informal carer is often required to support recovery. Understanding the impact of caregiving is important to inform intervention design. Aim: to explore the impact of caring on family and caregiver finances, employment, social life, and psychological wellbe...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9737134/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36498277 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph192316202 |
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description | Background: Following traumatic injury, an informal carer is often required to support recovery. Understanding the impact of caregiving is important to inform intervention design. Aim: to explore the impact of caring on family and caregiver finances, employment, social life, and psychological wellbeing. Method: Semi-structured interviews conducted with carers of traumatic injury survivors. Interviews were audio recorded, transcribed and thematically analysed, informed by the Roy Adaptation Model (RAM) and International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF). Results: Ten participants were interviewed. Key themes included (1) financial impact/employment issues, (2) relationships and support and (3) psychological impact. Most carers did not receive professional support with daily care post-discharge. Carers’ employers responded positively, supporting them even after extensive leave. Carers received inconsistent communication whilst visiting trauma survivors in hospital; carers with healthcare experience were favoured. Navigating and receiving benefits was complex. Some carers found it difficult to accept the trauma survivor’s injury, whilst others focused on achieving goals. Conclusions: Support from professional services is limited outside hospital settings for non-brain injuries. Future interventions and healthcare services should acknowledge the lack of psychological support for carers. Researchers should consider using the ICF/RAM when designing interventions to ensure the full impact on carers is addressed. |
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spelling | pubmed-97371342022-12-11 A Qualitative Study to Understand the Impact of Caring for Traumatic Injury Survivors Hudson, Catherine Radford, Kate Kettlewell, Jade Int J Environ Res Public Health Article Background: Following traumatic injury, an informal carer is often required to support recovery. Understanding the impact of caregiving is important to inform intervention design. Aim: to explore the impact of caring on family and caregiver finances, employment, social life, and psychological wellbeing. Method: Semi-structured interviews conducted with carers of traumatic injury survivors. Interviews were audio recorded, transcribed and thematically analysed, informed by the Roy Adaptation Model (RAM) and International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF). Results: Ten participants were interviewed. Key themes included (1) financial impact/employment issues, (2) relationships and support and (3) psychological impact. Most carers did not receive professional support with daily care post-discharge. Carers’ employers responded positively, supporting them even after extensive leave. Carers received inconsistent communication whilst visiting trauma survivors in hospital; carers with healthcare experience were favoured. Navigating and receiving benefits was complex. Some carers found it difficult to accept the trauma survivor’s injury, whilst others focused on achieving goals. Conclusions: Support from professional services is limited outside hospital settings for non-brain injuries. Future interventions and healthcare services should acknowledge the lack of psychological support for carers. Researchers should consider using the ICF/RAM when designing interventions to ensure the full impact on carers is addressed. MDPI 2022-12-03 /pmc/articles/PMC9737134/ /pubmed/36498277 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph192316202 Text en © 2022 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article Hudson, Catherine Radford, Kate Kettlewell, Jade A Qualitative Study to Understand the Impact of Caring for Traumatic Injury Survivors |
title | A Qualitative Study to Understand the Impact of Caring for Traumatic Injury Survivors |
title_full | A Qualitative Study to Understand the Impact of Caring for Traumatic Injury Survivors |
title_fullStr | A Qualitative Study to Understand the Impact of Caring for Traumatic Injury Survivors |
title_full_unstemmed | A Qualitative Study to Understand the Impact of Caring for Traumatic Injury Survivors |
title_short | A Qualitative Study to Understand the Impact of Caring for Traumatic Injury Survivors |
title_sort | qualitative study to understand the impact of caring for traumatic injury survivors |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9737134/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36498277 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph192316202 |
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