TY - JOUR
KW - Leprosy
KW - Disabled Persons
KW - Adaptation
KW - Psychological
KW - Transitional Care
KW - Quality of Life
AU - Costa R
AU - Fernandes M
AU - Zagonel I
AB - <p><strong>Objective:&nbsp;</strong>to understand the transitional processes that affect the adaptation of people who live with limitations resulting from leprosy.</p>

<p><strong>Methods: </strong>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.</p>

<p><strong>Results:&nbsp;</strong>the researched-caregivers experienced the four types of transitions, including feelings of fear, worry, loneliness, hopelessness, guilt and a tendency to hide the diagnosis. Breakdowns and resignation were revealed, with spirituality, adaptation to the new life situation and acceptance as facilitating conditions for coping with the transitional process, with a consequent improvement in quality of life.</p>

<p><strong>Final considerations:&nbsp;</strong>the transitional processes had a positive significance, since they contributed to adaptation and the achievement of quality of life.</p>

BT - Revista brasileira de enfermagem
C1 - https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/39607191
DA - 01/2024
DO - 10.1590/0034-7167-2023-0229
IS - 5
J2 - Rev Bras Enferm
LA - ENG
M3 - Article
N2 - <p><strong>Objective:&nbsp;</strong>to understand the transitional processes that affect the adaptation of people who live with limitations resulting from leprosy.</p>

<p><strong>Methods: </strong>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.</p>

<p><strong>Results:&nbsp;</strong>the researched-caregivers experienced the four types of transitions, including feelings of fear, worry, loneliness, hopelessness, guilt and a tendency to hide the diagnosis. Breakdowns and resignation were revealed, with spirituality, adaptation to the new life situation and acceptance as facilitating conditions for coping with the transitional process, with a consequent improvement in quality of life.</p>

<p><strong>Final considerations:&nbsp;</strong>the transitional processes had a positive significance, since they contributed to adaptation and the achievement of quality of life.</p>

PY - 2024
SP - 1
EP - 8
T2 - Revista brasileira de enfermagem
TI - Transitions experienced by people living with limitations resulting from leprosy: a research-care study.
UR - https://www.scielo.br/j/reben/a/4mqtZXxY6QtW34LKyRpRKQc/?format=pdf&lang=en
VL - 77
SN - 1984-0446
ER -