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A Study of the Amputee Experience of Viewing Self in the Mirror.
Rehabilitation Nursing : the Official Journal of the Association of Rehabilitation Nurses 2017 January
PURPOSE: To describe the trajectory of viewing self in a mirror after an ampu-tation and participants' perceptions of what health care professionals should know about mirrors.
DESIGN: Hermeneutic phenomenologyMETHODS: Focus groups were conducted to collect the research data.
FINDINGS: The mirror experience had three key moments: decision, seeing, and consent. The trajectory of viewing self in a mirror had four key themes: mirror shock, mirror anguish, recognizing self, and acceptance: a new normal. Participants' recommendations for introducing the mirror after an amputation and using a mirror to avoid skin breakdown and infection, and correct gait and balance are described.
CONCLUSIONS: This study provides a unique viewpoint into the world of those who have suffered amputation of a limb.
CLINICAL RELEVANCE: Rehabilitation nurses and other health care professionals are encouraged through these participants to consider the effect and value of mirrors when caring for those who have had an amputation.
DESIGN: Hermeneutic phenomenologyMETHODS: Focus groups were conducted to collect the research data.
FINDINGS: The mirror experience had three key moments: decision, seeing, and consent. The trajectory of viewing self in a mirror had four key themes: mirror shock, mirror anguish, recognizing self, and acceptance: a new normal. Participants' recommendations for introducing the mirror after an amputation and using a mirror to avoid skin breakdown and infection, and correct gait and balance are described.
CONCLUSIONS: This study provides a unique viewpoint into the world of those who have suffered amputation of a limb.
CLINICAL RELEVANCE: Rehabilitation nurses and other health care professionals are encouraged through these participants to consider the effect and value of mirrors when caring for those who have had an amputation.
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