title: A secondary analysis of the meaning of living with spinal cord injury using Roy's adaptation model.
abstract: This secondary analysis was designed to place the methods and themes from a phenomenological study of the meaning of living with spinal cord injury for the family within the context of the Roy adaptation model. Seven themes emerged from the phenomenological study data. The content of each of the seven themes was found to reflect at least two of the modes of adaptation; one of the themes reflected all four of the modes of adaptation. The findings of this study revealed that the meaning of living with spinal cord injury reflects all four modes of adaptation.
authors.affiliation: College of Nursing & Health Sciences, University of Massachusetts-Boston, USA.
authors.forename: Susan A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: DeSanto-Madeya
mesh_terms: D000203:Activities of Daily Living; D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000328:Adult; D001294:Attitude to Health; D001828:Body Image; D017281:Cost of Illness; D006233:Persons with Disabilities / Q000523:psychology*; D005190:Family / Q000523:psychology; D005260:Female; D006117:Grief; D006801:Humans; D008149:Love; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D016294:Models, Nursing; D009511:New England; D024802:Nurse's Role; D009730:Nursing Assessment; D015404:Nursing Methodology Research; D009769:Object Attachment; D011788:Quality of Life; D012649:Self Concept; D012803:Sick Role; D013119:Spinal Cord Injuries / Q000523:psychology*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires