Transitions experienced by people living with limitations resulting from leprosy: a research-care study
Rayla Maria Pontes Guimarães Costa,
Marcia Astrês Fernandes,
Ivete Palmira Sanson Zagonel
Abstract:Objective: to understand the transitional processes that affect the adaptation of people who live with limitations resulting from leprosy. Methods: This is a qualitative study based on the precepts of Transition Theory, mediated by care-research, with 24 people with limitations resulting from leprosy in an ex-hospital colony in Piauí. Semi-structured interviews were carried out. The interviews were analyzed using Iramuteq software. Results: the researched-caregivers experienced the four types of transitions,… Show more
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