2020
DOI: 10.1037/rep0000289
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Distress and resilience among unintentional injuries survivors in Kenya: A qualitative study.

Abstract: Objective: Unintentional injuries such as road traffic injuries constitute a major facet of health and disability in low-and middle-income countries. Survivors of moderate or severe unintentional injuries are at risk of psychological distress, although many people show resilience during recovery. This article describes the experience and contributing factors of psychological distress and resilience over the course of recovery among unintentional injury survivors in urban Kenya. Method: We examined the various … Show more

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“…The long term care required by an injured family member has been found to be linked with not only psychosocial stress, but financial and other material losses related to health care costs. 10 Regarding place of residency, rural dwellers reported higher UII prevalence for both females (8.45%) and males (30.05%) compared to their urban counterparts. This was also similar to the UIIs from falls and cuts, but the reverse was the case for burn injuries.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 91%
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“…The long term care required by an injured family member has been found to be linked with not only psychosocial stress, but financial and other material losses related to health care costs. 10 Regarding place of residency, rural dwellers reported higher UII prevalence for both females (8.45%) and males (30.05%) compared to their urban counterparts. This was also similar to the UIIs from falls and cuts, but the reverse was the case for burn injuries.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 91%
“…Unfortunately sustaining such injuries under the influence of alcohol not only compounds the injury severity but also injury assessment and their management outcome. Of importance is that individuals who use alcohol may be at risk for worse drinking habits due to additional psycho‐social stress and mental health consequences posed by UIIs 10 . In addition, consuming alcohol in Kenyan settings poses additional risk of methanol poisoning especially in the urban slums 17 .…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…The findings on resilience warrant consideration. There is ongoing debate concerning the measurement of the construct, a complexity that is added to by the transcultural context [ [57] , [58] , [59] , [60] ]. It is noteworthy that there was a slight deterioration in resilience from baseline to three-month follow-up, a finding that may reflect the challenging conditions of the humanitarian camps.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“… 7 The lack of formalized resilient post‐injury psychosocial support systems in LMICs additionally aggravates the personal resource losses arising from RTCs beyond physical debilitation, financial incapacitation to mental distress. 8 Saidi and Mutisto 9 estimated the average duration of hospital stays (away from work) following RTCs in Kenya at 24.3 days at an average cost of Kenyan shillings 31,783 (US$282). Moreover, 51.7% of these patients needed surgical intervention for injuries mainly involving the limbs, head, and neck.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…In addition, injuries from RTCs in Kenya had the second highest increase in DALYS between 1990 and 2010 7 . The lack of formalized resilient post‐injury psychosocial support systems in LMICs additionally aggravates the personal resource losses arising from RTCs beyond physical debilitation, financial incapacitation to mental distress 8 . Saidi and Mutisto 9 estimated the average duration of hospital stays (away from work) following RTCs in Kenya at 24.3 days at an average cost of Kenyan shillings 31,783 (US$282).…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%