Adolescents' experiences of recovery from CFS/ME. An interview study
Purpose: The aim of this study was to gain knowledge of adolescents` experiences of long-term illness and recovering of chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS/ME), including the importance of health professionals in the process of recovering. Method: Semi-structured interviews were conducted with four ado...
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Norwegian Physiotherapist Association
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| description | Purpose: The aim of this study was to gain knowledge of adolescents` experiences of long-term illness and recovering of chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS/ME), including the importance of health professionals in the process of recovering.
Method: Semi-structured interviews were conducted with four adolescents aged 17-20 from different parts of Norway. The participants became ill as children, and gradually experienced significant recovering. The interviews were analysed thematically and resulted in four main topics: When treatment becomes stress, the encounter with a special therapist, when treatment gives hope and when the body and everyday life works again.
Findings: The findings show that the recovery process takes time and can be understood as a relational and an individual process. The findings describe how the participants developed integrated body knowledge, which may have contributed to mastery experiences and hopes for recovery.
The findings show that physiotherapists can support adolescents in their recovery process through individually tailored measures and good dialogue emphasizing mutual understanding that the process of recovery will take time.
Conclusion: The findings contribute to expanded knowledge about experiences of recovery for adolescents with CFS/ME in a field previously focusing mostly on causal relationships and the hopelessness associated with living with a chronic illness where recovery is almost impossible. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-5e7ccbce7e2e47c0b2328886c49d1ad42022-12-22T04:01:16ZdanNorwegian Physiotherapist AssociationFysioterapeuten0016-33840807-92772022-08-018953439Adolescents' experiences of recovery from CFS/ME. An interview studyMette Olaussen0Karen Synne Groven1Oslo Metropolitan University, NorwayOslo Metropolitan University, Norway and VID vitenskapelige høgskole, NorwayPurpose: The aim of this study was to gain knowledge of adolescents` experiences of long-term illness and recovering of chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS/ME), including the importance of health professionals in the process of recovering. Method: Semi-structured interviews were conducted with four adolescents aged 17-20 from different parts of Norway. The participants became ill as children, and gradually experienced significant recovering. The interviews were analysed thematically and resulted in four main topics: When treatment becomes stress, the encounter with a special therapist, when treatment gives hope and when the body and everyday life works again. Findings: The findings show that the recovery process takes time and can be understood as a relational and an individual process. The findings describe how the participants developed integrated body knowledge, which may have contributed to mastery experiences and hopes for recovery. The findings show that physiotherapists can support adolescents in their recovery process through individually tailored measures and good dialogue emphasizing mutual understanding that the process of recovery will take time. Conclusion: The findings contribute to expanded knowledge about experiences of recovery for adolescents with CFS/ME in a field previously focusing mostly on causal relationships and the hopelessness associated with living with a chronic illness where recovery is almost impossible.https://www.fysioterapeuten.no/cfsme-fagfellevurdert-tilfriskning/ungdommers-erfaringer-med-a-bli-bedre-av-cfsme-en-intervjustudie/142044adolescentchronic fatigue syndromecfs/mefatiguerecoveryhealth services |
| spellingShingle | Mette Olaussen Karen Synne Groven Adolescents' experiences of recovery from CFS/ME. An interview study Fysioterapeuten adolescent chronic fatigue syndrome cfs/me fatigue recovery health services |
| title | Adolescents' experiences of recovery from CFS/ME. An interview study |
| title_full | Adolescents' experiences of recovery from CFS/ME. An interview study |
| title_fullStr | Adolescents' experiences of recovery from CFS/ME. An interview study |
| title_full_unstemmed | Adolescents' experiences of recovery from CFS/ME. An interview study |
| title_short | Adolescents' experiences of recovery from CFS/ME. An interview study |
| title_sort | adolescents experiences of recovery from cfs me an interview study |
| topic | adolescent chronic fatigue syndrome cfs/me fatigue recovery health services |
| url | https://www.fysioterapeuten.no/cfsme-fagfellevurdert-tilfriskning/ungdommers-erfaringer-med-a-bli-bedre-av-cfsme-en-intervjustudie/142044 |
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