Unravelling empowering internal voices--a case study on the interactive use of illness diaries

Stensland, Per; Malterud, Kirsti

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“…1999) and allowing researchers to access situations which they would not normally be able to observe (Zimmerman & Wieder 1977). There is evidence that individuals find it easier to articulate their emotional reactions to illness in writing than orally and may find the experience empowering (Pennebaker et al . 1997, Stensland & Malterud 2001).…”

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“…There is evidence that individuals find it easier to articulate their emotional reactions to illness in writing than orally and may find the experience empowering (Pennebaker et al . 1997, Stensland & Malterud 2001. The style of the journal was kept as plain and unstructured as possible, so that the researchers did not impose their views of the world onto the individual and channel them into writing what they thought the investigators wanted to hear.…”

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Exploring the experiences of partners who live with a chronic low back pain sufferer

Miller

Timson

2004

Health Soc Care Community

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Chronic low back pain (CLBP) is a condition that causes individuals considerable distress. It also presents a significant challenge to the health service and is often viewed by clinicians as frustrating to manage. The purpose of the present paper is to explore the experiences of individuals in the immediate social sphere of those suffering from CLBP and their role in care-giving for their partner. An approach was taken using two qualitative research methods to gather data: journals and focus groups. Findings from the journals and the focus groups revealed issues for partners of CLBP sufferers in relation to living with their partners' pain, perceptions of healthcare and the dominance of illness over social contacts. Key themes revealed the complex emotions experienced by respondents, and underlined the need for their role as care givers and partners to be acknowledged by healthcare professionals. The data also highlighted respondents' desire to have greater involvement in their partners' healthcare, which includes provision of relevant information and involvement with therapeutic interventions. The findings emphasise the need for healthcare professionals to include and acknowledge partners and others in the immediate social sphere of patients in the management of chronic conditions.

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Exploring the experiences of partners who live with a chronic low back pain sufferer

Miller

Timson

2004

Health Soc Care Community

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“…Antonovsky’s theories were used to make the direction of their interests clear, without being further expanded. Similarly, Stensland and Malterud were inspired by Vygotsky’s theories about thought and language [51] in a study where patients with longstanding illness without clinical findings wrote home-notes about their symptoms as a fresh approach to the clinical dialogue [52].…”

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Theory and interpretation in qualitative studies from general practice: Why and how?

Malterud

2015

Scand J Public Health

113

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“…Personal notes, named reflective notes in study I, were applied in order to obtain the patients' own descriptions of their experiences of symptoms, bodily changes and communication over time. In general practice, illness diaries have been used interactively in order to expand communication about symptoms (Stensland & Malterud, 1997;Stensland & Malterud, 1999;Stensland & Malterud, 2001).…”

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Narratives of embodied experiences – Therapy processes in Norwegian psychomotor physiotherapy

Øien

Iversen

Stensland

2007

Advances in Physiotherapy

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Care, the Section of Physiotherapy Science. I would like to thank Helse Førde, Indre Sogn District of psychiatric centre and the municipality of Sogndal, for granting me a leave of absence. The Norwegian Fund for Postgraduate training in Physiotherapy supported the study financially. I appreciate their engagement in and attention to my work. Dr. Philos. Målfrid Råheim was my supervisor and co-author during the whole project. I am grateful for her valuable contributions to all parts of the research process. She showed me endless patience and encouragement. Dr. Med. Sissel Steihaug was also my supervisor, and co-author. Her clinical knowledge, as well as her previous research experience that included the management of large amounts of data, was of great help. She guided me to stay on the main track, not drown in details, and to try to complete in due time. Dr. Philos. Synnøve Iversen, my supervisor and co-author, inspired me to start this work. During challenging periods she helped me to see new possibilities by discussing and making sketches from a meta-perspective. Dr. Med. Per Stensland, also one of my co-authors, guided me through the first steps of the writing-process. I want to thank my colleagues at the Section of Physiotherapy Science, and the head of the section, Professor Anne Elisabeth Ljunggren, for taking good care of me and for always including me, although I part of the time stayed in Sogndal. Particularly, I want to thank Tove Dragesund, Anne Brit Sørsdahl, and Kjersti Thulin Wilhelmsen, the participants of the paper support group, for their helpful comments on unfinished drafts of different papers. Further, I want to express my gratitude to Ansgar Espeland iv and Kirsti Malterud for the opportunity to participate in their inspiring qualitative research group at the Section of General Practice. Further, I want to express my gratitude to Forum of qualitative research, at Centre for Child and Adolescent Mental Health. The core members of the group, Per Einar Binder, Marit Hafting, John Nessa, Per Stensland, as well as other colleagues, contributed to my understanding of qualitative research by commenting on different parts of my project and sharing ideas and advice. I also want to thank Svanhildur Gudmundsdottir, Oline Kolbotn, and Inger Johanne Solheim for our regular discussions and reflections about knowledge. My dear friend, Elisabeth Ravn Omdal, contributed with her language skills in paper II. Finally, I want to thank my dear family, my husband Per, my children Synne, Ane and Andreas for always believing in me and supporting me. They helped me to keep in touch with the important events of daily life. Per and Andreas read and commented the final drafts of this thesis.

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Unravelling empowering internal voices--a case study on the interactive use of illness diaries

Abstract: The reflective practitioner may contribute to transform a consultation from repetitive patterns to a dialogue based on the patient's own coping resources.

Cited by 8 publications

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Exploring the experiences of partners who live with a chronic low back pain sufferer

Exploring the experiences of partners who live with a chronic low back pain sufferer

Theory and interpretation in qualitative studies from general practice: Why and how?

Narratives of embodied experiences – Therapy processes in Norwegian psychomotor physiotherapy

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