TY - JOUR
T1 - “Getting the Left Right”
T2 - The Experience of Hemispatial Neglect After Stroke
AU - Klinke, Marianne E.
AU - Zahavi, Dan
AU - Hjaltason, Haukur
AU - Thorsteinsson, Björn
AU - Jónsdóttir, Helga
PY - 2015/12/1
Y1 - 2015/12/1
N2 - We used a phenomenological approach to gain insight into the experiences of self, other, and world in patients with hemispatial neglect within the first month following stroke. Comprehensive descriptions of circumstances were conjoined with open-ended interviews of 12 participants. The neglect experience was captured in the overarching theme, “getting the left right,” which encompasses the two subthemes of (a) surreal awareness of the left and (b) emergence of a different world. Patients had unclear perceptions of their own body and surroundings, their attention was brittle, and they encountered bewildering reactions from other people. They simultaneously pursued the ineffable neglected space and searched for coherence. The vulnerability, loss, and conflicting perceptions that patients with neglect face should be acknowledged and alleviation sought. Facilitating methods should provide additional opportunities for patients to communicate their experiences. We underscore the importance of readjusting the current approaches of neglect and emphasizing meaningfulness in professional guidance.
AB - We used a phenomenological approach to gain insight into the experiences of self, other, and world in patients with hemispatial neglect within the first month following stroke. Comprehensive descriptions of circumstances were conjoined with open-ended interviews of 12 participants. The neglect experience was captured in the overarching theme, “getting the left right,” which encompasses the two subthemes of (a) surreal awareness of the left and (b) emergence of a different world. Patients had unclear perceptions of their own body and surroundings, their attention was brittle, and they encountered bewildering reactions from other people. They simultaneously pursued the ineffable neglected space and searched for coherence. The vulnerability, loss, and conflicting perceptions that patients with neglect face should be acknowledged and alleviation sought. Facilitating methods should provide additional opportunities for patients to communicate their experiences. We underscore the importance of readjusting the current approaches of neglect and emphasizing meaningfulness in professional guidance.
KW - Faculty of Humanities
KW - body image
KW - Embodiment / bodily experiences
KW - interviews
KW - lived experience
KW - neurology
KW - nursing
KW - oberservation, participant
KW - phenomenology
KW - qualitative analysis
KW - stroke
U2 - 10.1177/1049732314566328
DO - 10.1177/1049732314566328
M3 - Journal article
C2 - 25563629
SN - 1049-7323
VL - 25
SP - 1623
EP - 1636
JO - Qualitative Health Research
JF - Qualitative Health Research
IS - 12
ER -