BACKGROUND Stroke is a major cause of long-term disability. Information regarding the limitations in activity and participation experienced by patients with stroke in a specific setting such as Musanze district in Rwanda would assist to develop the rehabilitation programmes that would take into consideration the functional challenges experienced post stroke. OBJECTIVE To explore the activity ...

This study investigated a qualitative career assessment and counselling procedure that was founded upon a constructivist, narrative approach to career counselling, My Career Chapter: A Dialogical Autobiography. Counsellors were trained in the use of the procedure and then applied it to themselves in an intensive workshop format. Intepretative phenomenological analysis was used for the research ...

This study investigated a qualitative career assessment and counselling procedure that was founded upon a constructivist, narrative approach to career counselling, My Career Chapter: A Dialogical Autobiography. Counsellors were trained in the use of the procedure and then applied it to themselves in an intensive workshop format. Intepretative phenomenological analysis was used for the research ...

This qualitative study with a phenomenological approach looked at elderly people (60 years of age or more) who attend two Elderly Community Centers located in a state capital in Central-Western Brazil. The goal was to understand the experience of aging through the experience of people who are aging and its meaning for nursing practice. Phenomenological interview resources were used, with the fo...

abstract background: the experience of labor and birth, referred to as childbirth, is complex, multidimensional, and subjective, relating to both the outcome and the process that is experienced by an individual woman. the aim of this study was to describe the experience of childbirth among kurdish women giving birth at besat hospital in sanandaj, iran. materials and methods: a qualitative study...

We report a numerical study of transport properties of a quantum dot with superconducting leads. We introduce a general phenomenological model of quantum dot transport, in which electron tunnel rates are computed within the Fermi's Golden Rule approach. The low temperature current-voltage (I-V) characteristics are in qualitative agreement with experimental observations of Ralph et al. our resul...

abstract background: it is predicted that over the next 30 years, there will be a significant increase in the number of elderly parents who care for their children with intellectual disability. this paper is part of a larger qualitative study which investigated the unpleasant experiences of these parents. materials and methods: a phenomenological approach was adopted and data were collected thr...

conclusions patients’ experiences of stigma and rejection phenomena indicated that all aspects of their lives are affected. moreover, these findings highlight the significance of stigma and rejection concepts in providing better care to these patients. results after analysis of interviews, four themes were extracted: lack of social support, unrealistic and inappropriate labeling, rejection and ...