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- Danielsson, Louise, 1979, et al.
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The lived body in depression
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Ingår i: 21st International Conference on Health Promoting Hospitals and Health Services (HPH). May 22-24, 2013 Gothenburg, Sweden.
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Konferensbidrag (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- Depression is a common and complex health problem, increasing worldwide as a threat to public health. Research approaching lived experiences of depression are still sparse. The purpose was to study lived experiences of depression. Individual in-depth interviews were conducted with ten adults diagnosed major depression. A phenomenological hermeneutical analysis was used, drawing on phenomenological theories on the lived body and to the concept of attunement as a mode of being in the world. The preliminary analysis reveals that the participants experience a withdrawal and estrangement, which is experienced both in relation to the immediately lived, physical body and in relation to the world around them. the withdrawal from body and world involves personal ways of dealing both with an urge to distance oneself and to direct oneself toward connecting. The analysis will be further elaborated on during 2013.
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- Danielsson, Louise, 1979, et al.
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To sense and make sense of anxiety: Physiotherapists' perceptions of their treatment for patients with generalized anxiety.
- 2013
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Ingår i: Physiotherapy theory and practice. - : Informa UK Limited. - 1532-5040 .- 0959-3985. ; 29:8, s. 604-615
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- The generalized anxiety is characterized by long-term psychological and physiological discomfort. Pharmacological and psychotherapeutic interventions have been extensively examined, whereas knowledge is scant regarding other professional perspectives. This article focuses on the physiotherapeutic perspective on anxiety, exploring physiotherapists' perceptions of their treatment for patients with generalized anxiety. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with 10 physiotherapists working in psychiatry or primary health care. Data were analysed using qualitative content analysis, resulting in one main category and five subcategories. The main category "To sense and make sense of one's anxiety" reflects the idea that physiotherapy works through immediate, tangible bodily experiences to help a person understand and handle his or her anxiety better. Five subcategories reflected different aspects of this main category: (1) the body is the arena of anxiety, (2) to get in touch with oneself, (3) to get down-to-earth with oneself, (4) to make sense of bodily sensations, and (5) to gain trust in one's capability to handle anxiety. In conclusion, the gradual bodily awareness of sensations, to sense and make sense of anxiety in physiotherapy treatment, becomes an opportunity to find ways to withstand and to manage symptoms of anxiety, encouraging an embodied self-trust. The emphasis on the immediately lived body involves the potential to learn how to endure anxiety instead of running away from it, to discern and to understand different sensations, leading to an integration of anxiety as being part of oneself rather than overflowing oneself.
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- Ström, Helena, 1985, et al.
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Quality of Life in Parents/Caretakers of Children with Cerebral Palsy in Kampong Cham, Cambodia.
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Ingår i: Journal of tropical pediatrics. - : Oxford University Press (OUP). - 1465-3664 .- 0142-6338. ; 58:4, s. 303-306
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- The purpose of this study was to investigate QOL in parents/caretakers of children with cerebral palsy in the province of Kampong Cham, Cambodia. Forty parents/caretakers of children with cerebral palsy aged 1-13 years (F19/M21) participated in this study. The study was carried out using the Comprehensive Quality of life Scale A5 (ComQOL-A5) questionnaire. Results point out three major domains where quality of life is unsatisfactory: health, material well-being and emotional well-being. Of these areas, QOL in the health domain demonstrates the lowest scores. Results support a further commitment in providing comprehensive rehabilitation for parents and their children with CP in Kampong Cham. This study identifies the need for further research on QOL in parents/caretakers of children with CP in Cambodia and the need for development of valid and reliable QOL instruments targeting the developing world.
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- Wickford, Jenny, 1979, et al.
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A transformative perspective on learning and professional development of Afghan physiotherapists
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Ingår i: Physiotherapy Theory and Practice. - : Informa UK Limited. - 1532-5040 .- 0959-3985. ; 28:4, s. 269-282
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- The aim of this article is to explore factors that impacted learning of Afghan physiotherapists in a development project to improve the physiotherapy services in a disability programme implemented by a Swedish nongovernmental organisation in Afghanistan. Participant observation, recorded as field notes, was used to document the process, to gain a better understanding of professional development of physiotherapists in Afghanistan. Field notes were analysed and factors affecting learning were interpreted from a perspective inspired by transformative learning. Various factors were identified: a pattern approach to treatment, linear thinking, and socially oriented decision making affected how new things learned were put into practice; concrete representations and an instrumental view of knowledge characterised learning approaches; language barriers, different interpretations of meaning, and cultural codes challenged communication; and a prescriptive, encouraging approach of the expatriate physiotherapy development worker affected teaching and learning. Working with professional development across cultural borders is challenging, and the identified factors impacting learning can help expatriate physiotherapists in adapting training to the Afghan context. Exploring meaning perspectives and communicative learning could enhance understanding of these factors for both expatriate and Afghan physiotherapists and should be a focus in future development activities.
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- Wickford, Jenny, 1979, et al.
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From idealistic helper to enterprising learner: Critical reflections on personal development through experiences from Afghanistan.
- 2012
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Ingår i: Physiotherapy theory and practice. - : Informa UK Limited. - 1532-5040 .- 0959-3985. ; 28:4, s. 283-291
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- There is little written about the cultural, social, and ethical challenges encountered by physiotherapists engaging in development work.This article takes a critical perspective on what it means to engage in development work as an expatriate physiotherapist, through a self-critical reflection on experiences from Afghanistan. The field notes from an ethnographic study of a development project conducted in Afghanistan were analysed to explore the transformative process of personal and professional development of the development worker. The critical reflective process entailed a change in meaning perspective, described as a shift from the position of an Idealistic Helper to an Enterprising Learner. Of importance in this process were "disorienting dilemmas" that challenged personal perceptions. Critical reflection over such dilemmas led to deeper understanding facilitating the process of change. The essential lesson learned is that the baseline for understanding others is an understanding of one's own meaning perspectives and manner of participation in relation to others and their context. The insights gained have implications for physiotherapists working in development contexts, for other development workers, and for physiotherapists working with patients in clinical practice in a nondevelopment context. Exploring how to collaborate in development contexts could be done using reflective groups with expatriate and local physiotherapists and/or patients. This could lead to greater understanding of oneself, each other, and the local context.
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