Disease-based traumas transform lives: A qualitative study focused on healthcare professionals1
SOCIAL SCIENCE & MEDICINE, cilt.305, 2022 (SCI-Expanded, SSCI, Scopus)
- Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
- Cilt numarası: 305
- Basım Tarihi: 2022
- Doi Numarası: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2022.115084
- Dergi Adı: SOCIAL SCIENCE & MEDICINE
- Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI), Scopus, Academic Search Premier, International Bibliography of Social Sciences, PASCAL, Abstracts in Social Gerontology, AgeLine, CAB Abstracts, CINAHL, Educational research abstracts (ERA), EMBASE, Gender Studies Database, Geobase, MEDLINE, MLA - Modern Language Association Database, Political Science Complete, Psycinfo, Public Affairs Index, Social services abstracts, Sociological abstracts, Veterinary Science Database, Violence & Abuse Abstracts, Worldwide Political Science Abstracts
- Anahtar Kelimeler: Disease-based trauma, Post-traumatic transformation, Post-traumatic growth, Work-life, Health psychology, Turkey, Qualitative, POSTTRAUMATIC-STRESS-DISORDER, ACQUIRED BRAIN-INJURY, GROWTH
- Süleyman Demirel Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet
Özet
Rationale: Traumas occur at unexpected moments and become a turning point in life and can cause people to experience transformations. While these transformations can progress negatively, it is also possible for people to experience positive transformations after trauma (post-traumatic growth). Objective: This study aims to reveal how the physicians and nurses with disease-based traumas make sense of their experiences to provide better insights into the transformative power of these traumas. Both social life and work-life were evaluated from the social dimensions of trauma. Also, the advantages and disadvantages of being a health professional in this process were examined. Methods: Qualitative research method was used in the study and data were obtained through interviews with 23 participants who experienced the case of disease-based trauma. As a result of the interviews, 253 pages of data were obtained. The data were subjected to thematic analysis and the Maxqda Program was used. Results: The data obtained through the interviews conducted within this attempt were categorized into parent themes such as being a health worker, post-traumatic transformations, changes in business life, and changes in the role of a service provider. Conclusions: As a result of the study, it was seen that the social relations, philosophy of life, belief systems, and self-perceptions of healthcare professionals were transformed after the disease-based trauma and innovations occurred in their lives. Also, positive and negative changes have been determined in the relationships of healthcare professionals who have experienced disease-based trauma with their colleagues and managers their sense of belonging to the organization, the way they provide health services, and their approach to patients.