Living with multiple sclerosis: a Roy adaptation model-based study.
This Roy adaptation model-based study examined how people make sense of the experience of living with multiple sclerosis. Eighteen persons diagnosed with multiple sclerosis participated in three interviews over a period of 1 year. Content analysis of the interview transcripts and the researcher's logs and analytic memos yielded five recurring themes that reflect the Roy model adaptive modes: we're not completely the same (physiological mode), how I view my future (self-concept mode), let me tell you about my feelings (self-concept mode), how I see work (role function mode), and let me tell you about my life (interdependence mode).
Rutgers, State University of New Jersey, Newark, USA.
Barbara A
BA
Gagliardi
Keville
K
Frederickson
Deborah A
DA
Shanley
D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D015400:Clinical Nursing Research; D006801:Humans; D007407:Interviews as Topic; D008960:Models, Psychological; D009103:Multiple Sclerosis / Q000451:nursing / Q000523:psychology*; D012919:Social Behavior