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Distress and resilience among unintentional injuries survivors in Kenya: A qualitative study.

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OBJECTIVE:Unintentional injuries such as road traffic injuries constitute a major facet of health and disability in low- and middle-income countries. Survivors of moderate or severe unintentional injuries are at risk of psychological distress, although many people show resilience during recovery. This article describes the experience and contributing factors of psychological distress and resilience over the course of recovery among unintentional injury survivors in urban Kenya. METHOD:We examined the various social and mental health consequences over the course of injury and recovery through conducting in-depth interviews with 28 survivors of unintentional injuries in Nairobi, Kenya, 4-8 months after the injury. Respondents were purposively sampled based on reported depressive and anxiety symptoms through structured questionnaire interviews in the parent study. Inductive thematic coding was performed on transcribed and translated interviews using ATLAS.ti, upon which the conservation of resources theory was identified as the most relevant theory to facilitate the understanding and presentation of the findings. RESULTS:Several types of resource loss were described, including financial, property, condition (e.g., employment, marriage), and physical health resources at different phases of recovery. Social support (in terms of materials and emotional support) through family, friends, neighbors, church members, spirituality, personal resources, and improvement in physical condition contributed to the adaptation and resilience. CONCLUSIONS:Potential interventions on building a more formalized follow-up support system and provision of social services early in the treatment phase is important to prevent additional resource losses to help reduce distress and improve psychosocial and physical functioning. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2020 APA, all rights reserved).

journal_name

Rehabil Psychol

journal_title

Rehabilitation psychology

authors

Hung YW,Gallo JJ,Tol W,Syokau R,Bachani AM

doi

10.1037/rep0000289

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Has Abstract

pub_date

2020-02-01 00:00:00

pages

45-53

issue

eissn

0090-5550

issn

1939-1544

pii

2019-59317-001

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Distress and resilience among unintentional injuries survivors in Kenya: A qualitative study.