PMID- 18275544
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20080410
LR  - 20080215
IS  - 1466-7657 (Electronic)
IS  - 0020-8132 (Linking)
VI  - 55
IP  - 1
DP  - 2008 Mar
TI  - Orthopaedic patients' experience of motor vehicle accident in Singapore.
PG  - 110-6
LID - 10.1111/j.1466-7657.2007.00581.x [doi]
AB  - AIM: The purpose of this paper is to present a study that explored the 
      experiences of orthopaedic patients injured in motor vehicle accidents (MVAs), 
      from the time of the accident until 6 months after being discharged from 
      hospital. BACKGROUND: Trauma injuries from MVAs are increasing, with the number 
      of deaths from such injuries continuing to rise. Victims often sustain open 
      fractures to more than one part of their body and need rehabilitation and support 
      to adjust to long-term chronic or permanent disability. In the last decade, 
      research pertaining to trauma nursing has concentrated on neurologically injured 
      patients. Although there is a paucity of research on the nursing perspective of 
      psychological care for non-neurologically injured patients, the majority of 
      studies located were mainly quantitative in nature and did not analyse the 
      personal experiences of orthopaedic patients. METHOD: A qualitative naturalistic 
      inquiry approach was used, which provided a first-hand account of the traumatic 
      MVA event experienced by six orthopaedic participants in Singapore. Data were 
      collected from face-to-face in-depth interviews. Participants were voluntarily 
      recruited through purposeful sampling and 'snowballing'. Interviews were 
      audiotaped and transcribed verbatim in preparation for analysis. FINDINGS: The 
      analysis of information explicated four main themes: the experience of the event, 
      the effect of hospitalization, surviving the event and self-transformation. 
      CONCLUSION: The study provided an understanding of orthopaedic patients' 
      experience of MVA in Singapore. The findings of the study have the potential to 
      contribute to the limited qualitative research available concerning victims' 
      experiences of MVAs and nurses caring for MVA victims.
FAU - Tan, K L
AU  - Tan KL
AD  - School of Nursing & Midwifery, Victoria University, Doncaster East, Victoria, 
      Australia. kim_laitan@yahoo.com.sg
FAU - Lim, L M
AU  - Lim LM
FAU - Chiu, L H
AU  - Chiu LH
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PL  - England
TA  - Int Nurs Rev
JT  - International nursing review
JID - 7808754
SB  - IM
MH  - Accidents, Traffic/*psychology
MH  - Adaptation, Psychological
MH  - Adult
MH  - Attitude
MH  - Female
MH  - Follow-Up Studies
MH  - Hospitalization
MH  - Humans
MH  - *Life Change Events
MH  - Male
MH  - Musculoskeletal System/*injuries
MH  - Singapore
MH  - Stress, Psychological/etiology
MH  - Wounds and Injuries/etiology/*psychology/therapy
EDAT- 2008/02/16 09:00
MHDA- 2008/04/11 09:00
CRDT- 2008/02/16 09:00
PHST- 2008/02/16 09:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2008/04/11 09:00 [medline]
PHST- 2008/02/16 09:00 [entrez]
AID - INR581 [pii]
AID - 10.1111/j.1466-7657.2007.00581.x [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Int Nurs Rev. 2008 Mar;55(1):110-6. doi: 10.1111/j.1466-7657.2007.00581.x.